Tag: 1 Thessalonians

• Questions for Reflection and Discussion – 1 Thessalonians 1 2-10

  

  We are studying 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 for Sunday, November 10. [Some notes on the text are here.] Here are a few questions about the text we might want to consider in class. In vv2-3, Paul describes his inclusion of the Thessalonians in his prayers; he says he and his mission colleagues “always give thanks to […]

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  November 8, 2019

  Text of the Week – Questions

  1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10, Bible study, gratitude, mimesis, prayer, reading the Bible

• Study Notes – 1 Thessalonians 1 2-10

  

  We are studying 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10 for Sunday, November 10. The text opens Paul’s first letter to the early Christian house-church at Thessaloniki, and focuses on the good example the Thessalonians are giving to their world (and to ours, for that matter). Here are my notes on the text: BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT: Things everyone seems […]

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  November 5, 2019

  Text of the Week – Notes

  1 Thessalonians, 1 Thessalonians 1 2-10, Bible study, Christianity, mimesis, New Testament, plērophoria, reading the Bible