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Savior of the World

The Lord's Day Morning September 12, 2004 I Timothy 4:9-10 “Savior of The World” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Turn with me to I Timothy, chapter four. We've been working our way through these so-called “pastoral letters,” these three small letters to two faithful pastors, Timothy and Titus, and to their congregations in Asia Minor. Some Jewish Christians, some Gentile Christians are part of these little folds of sheep faithful to the Lord Jesus Christ. These people are persecuted; they are marginalized to some extent. They are facing great obstacles, and Paul, an apostle, an elder, a pastor, a veteran missionary/evangelist/church planter, writes under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit to give divine direction for the priorities of these local congregations. And so in I and II…

The Ordinary Means of Grace

The Lord's Day Morning September 19, 2004 I Timothy 4:11-16 “The Ordinary Means of Grace” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter four. We’re working through three letters written by Paul that have been called for a couple of hundred years now “the pastoral letters,” or the “pastoral epistles”: I Timothy, Titus, and II Timothy. Some of the last things that Paul ever said in his life to the church, they’re written from a veteran pastor, an apostle, a missionary, church planter to a young man who has been his apostolic assistant in missions work, and to a man who is now pastoring a local congregation, facing all the challenges of not only ministering to the local congregation, but in a time of persecution…

Caring for the Church

The Lord's Day Morning September 29, 2004 I Timothy 5:1-16 “Caring for the Church” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter five. We've been working through this book of First Timothy as part of a larger study of three letters often called “the Pastoral Epistles”: I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus. We've noted how throughout this letter the Apostle Paul not only gives wise advice and counsel from an old, experienced minister of the gospel–an elder, an apostle, a church planter, an evangelist, a missionary–to a young man who has been one of his church planting assistants and is now pastoring a local congregation in Ephesus. Paul doesn't merely give advice and counsel, however; he sets forth what…

Accountable Leadership

The Lord's Day Morning October 3, 2004 I Timothy 5:17-25 “Accountable Leadership” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter five, as we continue to work through the Pastoral Epistles: these three letters from Paul, I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus, written from an apostle, a master teacher/preacher, evangelist, missionary, church planter, to a young man who has been part of his mission team, who is now a settled pastor in a local…

Doctrine and Practice as Witness

The Lord's Day Morning October 10, 2004 I Timothy 6:1-2 “Doctrine and Practice as Witness” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter six. We’re working our way through the pastoral letters of Paul: I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus; letters which Paul wrote to two faithful servants of the Lord ministering in local congregations of Christians. And he wrote these letters to these faithful servants of the Lord in order to show…

The Love of Money

The Lord's Day Morning October 17, 2004 I Timothy 6:3-10 “The Love of Money” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter six. As you do so, I'd just draw your attention to how the wonderful text from the Psalms that we've just heard the choir sing ties in with not only our Call to Worship and our opening song of praise to God, but how it ties into the passage we're going to read now in terms of trusting in God's providence for His provision,…

Godliness with Contentment Is Great Gain

The Lord's Day Morning November 1, 2009 Stewardship Sunday 1 Timothy 6:6-8 “Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III This morning we will look at 1 Timothy chapter 6, verses 6 to 8 this morning. This is the passage that our deacon-stewardship committee has chosen as the theme, or to draw the theme, of our stewardship season this year — “Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain” — so we're going to consider this passage. Now, T Dale gave us an…

God’s Commands for Stewards

The Lord's Day Morning November 7, 2004 I Timothy 6:17-19 “God's Commands for Stewards” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Open your Bibles with me to First Timothy, chapter six, as we continue to work our way through this book. I was sorely tempted to preach on Psalm 24:1, the verse chosen by the Deacons’ Stewardship Committee, because it does so beautifully capture the emphasis of the theme of our Stewardship Season, which is “The Earth Belongs Unto the Lord.” Everything is God's,…

Instructions to Comfortable Christians about Wealth

I Timothy 6:17-19Instructions to Comfortable Christians about Wealth If You have your bibles, I'd invite You to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter 6. That picture from Vaughan Williams, of the thousands upon thousands “streaming from ocean's farthest coast, into the gates of pearl between the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,” never ceases to grip me, and to move me, and its something for which I long, and I know you long for it as well. This morning will be thinking about the subject…