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Why we don’t talk about the Second Coming of Christ

Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18-5:11 talks about the Lord’s second coming. Yet, nowadays, we don’t talk about it often. I can think of  several reasons we don’t talk about or even teach about the Second Coming of the Lord as our hope. 1. We are too busy with our lives here on earth. We want […]

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Three virtues of a Christian

Paul (along with Silvanus and Timothy) in 1 Thessalonians 1 prays without ceasing “before God” for the virtues that believers in Thessalonica had shown when they converted to Christ.  Paul mentions for the first time in his writings (this letter was one of the first) the three cardinal virtues of a convert or christian.Let’s ask […]

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