Friday, 19 March 2010

Good Housekeeping

House

…means you keep your blog looking clean and fresh. But it’s also the title for our next sermon series on 1 Timothy…

March 28 • 1 Timothy 1:1-11

The Son He Never Had

Paul writes to his dear friend, and says the second-nicest thing he can, calling Timothy his son. But even more valuable than that…

April 2 • 1 Timothy 1:12-20

Stating the Obvious

Sometimes, the simple truth needs to be said. Even in the old old story, there’s something new to be found.

April 11 • 1 Timothy 2:1-8

A House of Prayer for All Nations

Take the Eight Verse Challenge: what on earth holds all of this together? To figure it out, you’ll need the wisdom of Solomon!

April 18 • 1 Timothy 2:8-15

Living the Quiet Life

Nothing controversial here, right?

No, seriously, we all know relations between men and women are totally straightforward.

Of course they are…

April 25 • 1 Timothy 3:1-16

Curriculum Vitae

So Timothy receives the letter from his mate Paul, and starts reading. He goes from pleased to perplexed to plain old bored. Why does Paul harp on about all this?

May 2 • 1 Timothy 4:1-10

Fighting Fit

The difference between cantankerous and courageous is …

May 16 • 1 Timothy 4:11-16

Watching Yourself

… knowing how to keep your own house in order.

May 23 • 1 Timothy 5:1-16

The Widows Might

You’re tempted to wince as you read Paul digging himself in deeper and deeper. Wasn’t chapter 2 enough?

May 30 • 1 Timothy 5:17-6:2

I Submit, Your Honour...

If all of this was being taught in your church, you’d want to have good elders too, wouldn’t you?!

June 6 • 1 Timothy 6:3-21

False Profits

Money talks, and some people listen. But the cost is too high. Where do you place your trust?

 

There’s a gap for Mother’s Day – we’ll do something special for that, once I remember the good idea I’ve had and already forgotten! But just because I like it, here’s the descriptor for the day:

Come brother, sister, daughter, son,
Make sure she has a day that’s fun -
So here to church your mum should come!

I’m plagiarising the metre and some of the opening line from somewhere – feel free to submit guesses. Perhaps I could offer some of my points from Byron’s blog as a reward (Byron, here’s your chance to get on your own scoreboard!)…

2 comments:

byron smith said...

So if someone gets the points, then I can take them off your tally? Ok.

Anthony Douglas said...

Yep, that was the idea, though I was presuming on you to update the scoreboard. Still, this is to my knowledge your only opportunity to score some of your own points!