Day 6: 1 Timothy 4:1-16 — Combating False Teaching and Personal Godliness Reading: Warnings about future false teaching and Timothy’s personal conduct Study Questions: 1. Observation: What specific false teachings and practices does Paul predict? Forbidding marriage and saying certain allowable foods shouldn’t be eaten. These are the specific ones mentioned after the general mention […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 6 – 4:1–16 — Combat FalsehoodDay 4: 1 Timothy 2:1–15 — Instructions for Worship and Community Life Reading: Guidelines for prayer and conduct in worship Study Questions: 1. Observation: What priorities does Paul establish for corporate worship and prayer? Paul’s priorities include communal opportunities to communicate with God; different types of prayers hold great significance for Paul, and he expects […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 4 – 2:1–15 — Worship InstructionsDay 2: 1 Timothy 1:1–11 — Greeting and the Problem of False Teaching Reading: Paul’s greeting and initial warnings about false doctrine Study Questions: 1. Observation: What specific problems with false teaching does Paul identify? Myths and endless genealogies that promote speculation. A misapplication of the law of God. These teachings distract saints from what […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 2 – Focus 1:1–11 — The ProblemDay 1: Book Overview — Setting the Foundation Focus: Introduction to 1 Timothy and its context Reading: Skim through the entire book (6 chapters) to get the big picture Study Questions: 1. Historical Context: What can you learn about Paul’s relationship with Timothy and the situation in Ephesus from scanning the letter? Paul has an […]
Read More WIWO: 1 Timothy Day 1 – Book OverviewNothing successful has ever succeeded without prayer. Prayer keeps the channels of communication between God and us open. It’s good to keep them open, because it’s good to stay intentionally involving God in every aspect of the initiative. It doesn’t hurt, from time to time, to check in with God, share how things are proceeding, […]
Read More WIWO: Prayer RequestsThere’s Peter’s explanation at the Pentecost event. There’s the episode of Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch. There’s the case of Jesus and the journey to Emmaus with the two men. There are other episodes in which we read of God’s Word being explained in such a way that those who hear it are illuminated by […]
Read More WIWO: The Spirit Behind ItYou can only give what you’ve got. I can have a huge appetite for things. And by appetite, I’m talking about the things I consume with my senses as well as the things I consume through eating and drinking. What I’ve noticed is that the things I consume due to my appetite for it can […]
Read More WIWO: The Idea Is …Word In, Word Out (WIWO) is a study concept born out of the four C’s of life. That is, to gain a good appreciation of a matter requires knowing the context, accepting the content, understanding the concepts and reaching conclusions on that. In the quest to be a Kingdom Agent of Change, eager to understand […]
Read More WIWO: What Is It?Things have changed. I am very grateful to God for this blog. Very soon, should God spare my life and not return, I’ll be marking two decades of blogging. That’s a long time and a lot of words uploaded here and elsewhere, and I’m very humbled and honoured at reaching such a milestone. Recently, this […]
Read More Dryden Update: Where Am I? Where Am I Going“For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, 11so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it […]
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