Want to learn more about 1 & 2 Thessalonians? Use these Bible Studies for personal devotion, group Bible studies, or teaching a church class. Below are links to the lessons in this 13-part series.
Introduction: How do you react when someone brings a new idea to you? What about when someone suggests that you need to make changes in your life? What if someone warns you about something terrible in your future if you do not change? We begin our study of 1 and...
Introduction: Last week one of the members of my church died. The last time I saw her, she looked right into my eyes and said, "I'll see you again." She was headed into a major surgery, and she thought that she might die during the surgery. My wife and I had pray...
Introduction: Have you heard the question, "Does anything ever change?" In some sense, all sorts of things change all the time. One huge change in the last twenty years is the Internet. To publish and mail this Bible study in the "old days" would have taken a larg...
Introduction: This week we get down to business in our study of the letters to the Thessalonians. While it is good to understand the background, and consider the challenges Paul and his friends faced in evangelizing the Thessalonians, nothing is better than studyi...
Introduction: Many years ago, I agreed to take over a case in Connecticut from another attorney who assured me that it would be "simple." When I met the judge for the first time, he was literally screaming at the lawyers. He told us that he did not have time to p...
Introduction: Have you noticed that some people make decisions based on logic, and some based on emotion? I think I'm firmly in the "logic" camp, but history says otherwise. When my wife and I purchased our current home, we were considering three houses. I liste...
Introduction: Sometimes it is good to peek over into the office, yard, home or church of other people to see how they do things - how they think and act. For most of my life, I believed grace was on one side of Christianity and works was on the other. The strong,...
Introduction: What happens when we die? There are two main views in Christianity. The majority view is that your "spirit" or "soul" (the thinking part of you) returns to heaven to await the resurrection (the Second Coming of Jesus) at which time your thinking a...
Introduction: We left our study last week with Paul's glorious description of the Second Coming of Jesus and the instruction "therefore encourage each other with these words." After hearing the fabulous news that Jesus was coming again, and He would save both the...
Introduction: I remember when my parents would go on vacation and leave my brother and me home. We were in college, but just as they were leaving our mother would give us a short lecture on diet, health and safety. That is the feel I have as we come to the end of...
Introduction: Who can say that they have no problems? If you are like most others, you have things in your life that create problems for you. Some of these problems are your own fault, some are the fault of others, and some just seem to come floating into our live...
Introduction: Last week Paul told us that the end to suffering will come with the Second Coming of Jesus. Recall that Paul previously told the Thessalonians that, at the Second Coming, they would see their loved ones who had passed away. Naturally, they wanted to...
Introduction: "Tough love" is a phrase that has been around for a very long time. Every parent should understand what it means - sometimes you have to be mature and discipline your child. You do it because you love your child, not because you love to discipline....
