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1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 Part 2: Staying the Course
Part II (NASB)In the final section of 1 Thessalonians 5 Paul brings up, again, the topic of Christian conduct. In chapter four, Paul reminds the church that since it h...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 5 Part 1: Blade's Not the Only Day-Walker
Part I (NASB)Thank you for listening to the First Day podcast. I am Patrick Cooley. Visit the podcast website @ firstday.us to subscribe, listen to past episode, and s...
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17: Up Up and Away
(NASB)In 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul has been encouraging the church to remain faithful in times of trial. He reminds them at the very beginning of the chapter that they h...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 Part 2: There's No Need To Despair
Part II (NASB)In the first half of chapter 4 we finally catch a glimpse of what is happening in Thessalonia that prompts Paul’s letter. It appears that the church’s me...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 Part 1: Live Deliberately
Part I (NASB)At the end of chapter 3, Paul tells us readers something that many of us probably don’t want to hear and will try our best to reject out of hand: How our ...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 3: Just Keep Swimming
Chapter Three (NASB)Paul is desperate to return to the Thessalonians, but he cannot. He is prevented again and again from them. He tells us at the end of chapter two w...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 2: The Power of Example
Chapter Two (NASB)Paul begins chapter 2 by fleshing out chapter 1 verse 5 when he writes, “for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in th...
1 Thessalonians Chapter 1: In a League of Their Own
Chapter One (NASB)“Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.”The letter begi...
An Introduction to 1 and 2 Thessalonians
Written in the early 50’s (c.50-51), while Claudius is still emperor of Rome.Paul’s claim that he was called by Christ Jesus to preach the gospel to the Gentiles is on...
Galatians Chapter 6: There But by Grace
Chapter 6 (NASB)Paul begins chapter 6 in verses 1-5 with an example of what “competing in love” looks like as opposed to competing in the legal works of the religious ...
Galatians Chapter 5, Part 2: Taste the Rainbow...
PART II (NASB)"13 For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through ...
Galatians Chapter 5, Part 1: Free
Chapter 5 (NASB)Chapter five begins with a declaration: “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to the yo...
Galatians Chapter 4, Part 2: Longing for the Empty Nest
PART II (NASB)Paul begins this section urging the Galatians to become as he as, as one who has set aside the legal practices of the Law of Moses—as someone who has sto...
Galatians Chapter 4, Part 1: What Would _______ Do?
Chapter 4 (NASB)Paul now begins here in chapter 4 to elaborate on this transformation of identity that he introduced at the end of chapter 3—which was, itself, an expl...
Galatians Chapter 3, Part 3
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Galatians Chapter 3, Part 2
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Galatians Chapter 3, Part 1
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The Faith of Christ
In this episode I spend a little more time fleshing our the differences between "faith in" and "faith of" Christ. If you notice a change in the podcast's sound, it's b...
Galatians Chapter 2, Part 3: In or Of?
PART III (NASB)We closed out last episode with Paul taking up one of the most unavoidable subjects in our world today: identity. “Who am I,” Paul asks. “Have I changed...
Galatians Chapter 2, Part 2: Christ Has Replaced the I
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