When Paul wrote his first letter to the Christians in Thessalonica (in Macedonia, an area of northern Greece), he began in this way: Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the ekklesia of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (1 Thes 1:1) Presumably, of course, he ...
2 Thessalonians is the second letter to the church in Thessalonica, which Paul planted. Since Paul’s first letter to this church, the beginnings of false doctrine have begun to influence the Thessalonians, causing them to waver in their faith. Throughout this letter, Paul affirms the ch...
We need only think of the wording of the preamble to Bill C-4, the so-called anti-conversion therapy legislation passed by our Canadian government to sense the meaning of militant secularism. It states that conversion therapy causes harm to society because it is “based on and propagates myth...
As it is written: “None is righteous, no, not one; no one understands; no one seeks for God. All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one.”“Their throat is an open grave; they use their tongues to deceive.”“The venom of asps is ...
I recently read in the New Testament that Paul said the Christians in Thessalonica should “make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that...
SaintDemetrios of Thessalonica, SaintGeorge the Great Martyr, SaintNicholas the WonderworkerandSt. Panteleimon the Healer. Heaven knows we can use all the Wonderworkers we can get with the world in the state it’s in. There areeleven St. Anthonys, and I’m not sure which one is venerated...
Thessalonica to whom Paul “proclaimed” theparousiain his letters, striking similarities of irrationality and inauthenticity arise – unpreparedness, downplaying the severity, utter panic, and the political instrumentalization of the crisis. Today what is needed is a constructive way of waiting...
So one time he wants to go to Asia, but the Holy Spirit changes his plans. Another time he wants to go to Thessalonica, but this time Satan thwarts his plans. Things didn’t always go to plan for Paul either. In fact, consider Abraham, Joseph, Moses, Job … any number of the Pro...