Just as a doctor fears disease, and just as a police officer fears criminality, and a judge fears injustice, so the minister of the Gospel fears error. Both false teaching and false doctrine. The Christian life is built upon and constructed around the truth about God, manifested in the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, which we find in the biblical revelation of the 66 books of the Bible. You and I should be concerned that anything that diminishes that truth, anything that diminishes or distorts that vision. We must oppose, and we must fight. Paul acknowledges the danger of error and the need to preserve and pursue and protect truth. Error has been, and always will be, a threat to every Christian in every church in every age. You guard the truth by: stirring the saints, studying the Scriptures, and shunning the subversives. The best way to preserve truth is to promote truth. The Gospel workman, the good workman, is God-centered. He ministers out of a glorious vision of God.
Straight Talk
2 Timothy 2:14-19
June 10, 2017 • Philip De Courcy • 2 Timothy 2:14–19
What Matters Most
June 24, 2018 • Philip De Courcy • 2 Timothy 4:9–22
Death has a way of reprioritizing life. When we look at death, it causes us to look at life and the time that is allotted us. So then how do we use our days wisely and how do we know what matters most? Friendship, faithfulness, forgiveness, faith, and forever matters most. Let's focus us on what is truly valuable.
Finishing Well
May 12, 2018 • Philip De Courcy • 2 Timothy 4:6–8
We want to be ready when God calls or death comes. Pastor Philip reminds us as we go through 2 Timothy, that death should be our final statement of faith, our final act of worship, and our final act of evangelism and witness. Follow along as we look at the resolve, the review, the reward, and the response.
Stay on Message - Part 2
April 14, 2018 • Philip De Courcy • 2 Timothy 4:1–5
Orders remain unchanged: just preach the Word. The preachers of the Gospel need to be men ready for action, and given the opportunity, preach the Word precisely, plainly and passionately. They must be faithful in faithless times, and step into the ranks of faithful men who across time have expanded God's Word without fear. It's time to pick up the baton and run the race.