Letters to the Thessalonians
By: Jon Paulien
Publisher: Pacific Press Pub. Association
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Nampa, Idaho
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780816326266
Subjects: Commentaries; Bible
Description: The good news about Jesus that the apostle Paul had brought to teh Thesalonians was making a difference in their lives, but Paul wanted their relationship with God to grow even deeper. That's why he wrote the two letters we know as the Epistles to the Thessalonians. Illustrated with stories of life in our world today, Jon Paulien leads readers step by step, passage by passage, showing how we, too, can have a deeper relationahip with Gopd, one that will prepare us for Jesus' second coming.
Table of contents: title: Outline of the Thessalonian letters; title: The Gospel comes to Thessalonica; title: Preserving relationships; title: Meeting people where they are; title: Greetings and thanksgivings (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10); title: The example of the Apostles (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12); title: Friends forever (1 Thessalonians 2:13-3:13); title: Practical advice for urban Christians (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12); title: The dead in Christ (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18); title: Final events (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11); title: Church life (1 Thessalonians 5:12-27); title: Promise to the persecuted (2 Thessalonians 1:1-12); title: The Antichrist (2 Thessalonians 2:1-12); title: Keeping the church faithful (2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:18).