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 1 THESSALONIANS

This is likely to be Paul’s earliest letter that we know about, written to a group of households in Thessaloniki, Greece who had pledged their allegiance to Emperor Jesus, rather than the Emperor Claudius (‘Emperor’ is an Imperial title like ‘King’ or ‘Lord’). You can read the story of how Paul first met these people in Acts 17. It’s a dramatic story and especially helpful to understanding this letter, so you might want to go and read that right now. Go on it won’t take you 5 minutes :-)

 
 

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‘Did Paul really mean that? Episode 5 - Mind your own business (1 Thessalonians)’ by Owen Lynch - June 28 2020
‘Did Paul really mean that? Episode 5 - Mind your own business (1 Thessalonians)’ by Owen Lynch - June 28 2020

What encouragement do you need to follow Jesus? In this talk, Owen Lynch looks at the first letter we have from the apostle Saul (Paul) to a church which faced challenges as they worked out their faith in an often opposing culture. How could they say there is only one God when the government and society said there were lots? How should they live distinctively in a sex-driven culture? And how can we interpret and apply Saul’s teaching ourselves once we understand some differences between Thessalonica then and us now?