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Battle Creek, Mi
49017

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Usefulness in Opposition

    Jun 26, 2022

    Passage: 2 Timothy 2:14-26

    Preacher: Dave Proulx

    Series: 2 Timothy

    Category: Evangelism

    Summary:

    Throughout Paul’s letter to Timothy, like a Father who has watched his son sit on the bench during a game that he knows he is gifted to play, Paul encourages Timothy time and time again to “get back out there” and to “ do what God has called him to do.” (my paraphrase) But the world that Timothy was going back into had changed dramatically in 8 years. The message of the gospel that was once so openly discussed had become too taboo in many circles to bring up. There were few places where sharing the gospel was a neutral topic anymore. For many, doing so led to their imprisonment, or worse. In a lot of ways, I see parallels with what has happened in our society in the last 8 years. There used to be topics that friends could disagree on, openly discuss with each other, and remain friends. But that’s no longer the case. What can we learn from Paul’s advise to Timothy about how to engage a culture that is opposed to the gospel? His words may have more relevance to us than we realize.

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