This is an adaptation from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians. We ought always to thank God for you, brothers, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love every one of you has for each other is increasing. Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your pers...

This is an adaptation from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Now we ask you, brothers, to respect those who work hard among you, who are over you in the Lord and who admonish you. Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other. And we urge you, brot...

Here is my endorsement for the Portuguese translation of The Victory of Christ's Kingdom by John Jefferson Davis. Our approach to any topic is greatly affected by how we frame the issue. The study of eschatology is often driven by an obsession with dates and seasons, obscure symbols, and compli...

An excerpt from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians . 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus thos...

An excerpt from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians . 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the ...

An excerpt from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians . Paul says that so far Satan has stopped him from returning to the Thessalonians. The Bible refers to Satan as an evil spirit who is capable of thinking, communicating, and producing various natural and mental effects. There are those theologian...

An excerpt from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians . Paul reminded the Thessalonians over and over again that they would be persecuted as Christians. Trials could cause some people's faith to become "unsettled." This effect can follow for a number of reasons. Perhaps after sufferin...

An excerpt from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians . Statistics can be misleading – not the numbers as such, but the way they are gathered, presented, and interpreted. Even if the methods are honest and the numbers are accurate, there are some important questions that we must ask before accepti...

An excerpt from Commentary on 1 & 2 Thessalonians . 1 Thessalonians 2:13 And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is at work in you who believe. For...

An excerpt from Power Apologetics. Jesus turned the other cheek, but he also turned over tables. He did not do just one of the two all of the time, but he did both, depending on what was appropriate to the situation. Likewise, we are to do both, depending on the situation. The Christian who turns th...