The following is from Pastor Bo about the 2 part series on 2 Timothy. In last Sunday's sermon, listen here, we were encouraged to read and discuss the book together as a body.  As a way of doing that with those here on MyChurch.org for BVBC, let's talk about the scripture, what it says to us and how we are applying the points in the sermon messages.  

I read something remarkable today. The Gospel “is a proposal, naïve and timid: ‘Do you want to live in a completely new way? Do you want spiritual happiness?’”

That proposal challenges the beasts that try to suck the very life out of nations and out of the Church. More and more I read the New Testament to discern this completely new way of living.

2 Timothy, which comes from Paul’s last days in this world, points powerfully to the scriptures as the material anchor in our pursuit of this completely new way of living. It also preserves in Paul’s passionate experience the disposition of his heart toward the worst that life could throw at him. He modeled this completely new way of living.

I hope my two sermons on 2 Timothy capture something of the legacy the Spirit has given to the Church through the apostle.