Category: 2 Thessalonians

We cannot shy away from what the Bible teaches, even when it makes us uneasy. Hell is a terrible reality. The eternal punishment of hell is terrible, because of its nature and its duration. It is terrible, but it is ultimately just, because it is the sentence pronounced by an infinitely holy and just God.

Read 2 Thessalonians 1:5-8 “Judge not!” may be the most popular incomplete and incorrect quotation of Scripture by modern Westerners today. Our culture does not like the idea of judgement, and emphasises love and tolerance over it. In fact, they can be very judgemental about the whole thing! The cultural concept of a god, if…

What then would Paul consider a successful church? Thankfully we have an answer in Paul’s second letter to the Thessalonian Church. Paul’s idea of a church that is successful, one that he liked to boast about to other churches, is one where its members grow in faith and love. That growth equips them for God’s…