The following sermons are from the series entitled “Packed Bags (a look at the lessons of 1 & 2 Thessalonians).” As you listen, be encouraged–and prepared–with fullness of anticipation regarding Christ’s return, and walking in Christian maturity each day, “…serv[ing] a living and true God, and to wait for His Son from heaven…” (1 Thessalonians 1:9-10).
Packed Bags - An Introduction (Acts 17:1-15; 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10; 4:1; 5:1-2) - 04-28-2019 The Power, the Evidence, and the Thankfulness of the Gospel (1 Thessalonians 1:1-10) - 05-05-2019 The Selfless Heart of the (Disciplemaking) Gospel-in-Life (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8) - 05-12-2019 The Practical Behavior of the (Disciplemaking) Gospel-in-Life (1 Thessalonians 2:9-12) - 05-19-2019 What The Bible Is and What The Bible Does (1 Thessalonians 2:13) - 05-26-2019 In Good Company (1 Thessalonians 2:14-16) - 06-02-2019 Absence (and Faithfulness) Makes the Heart Grow Fonder (1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10) - 06-09-2019 Holiness Before God, Seen in Abundant Love for Others (1 Thessalonians 3:11-13) - 06-16-2019 Exhortation in Christian Maturity, Part I (1 Thessalonians 4:1-12) - 09-15-2019 Explanation of Eschatology, Part I (Be Comforted!) (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18) - 09-22-2019 Explanation of Eschatology, Part II (Eschatology Influences Christian Maturity) (1 Thessalonians 5:1-11) - 09-29-2019 Better, Together (Exhortation in Christian Maturity, Part II) (1 Thessalonians 5:12-28) - 10-13-2019 Persecution, Retribution, and Glorified Worship (2 Thessalonians 1:1-10) - 10-20-2019 Powerfully Purposeful for the Glory of the Grace of Christ (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12) - 10-27-2019 Explanation of Eschatology, Part III (Hold the Word; Christ is Still to Come!) (2 Thessalonians 2:1-17) - 11-10-2019 Prayer and Hard Work, for Blessing and the Spread of the Glorified Gospel of Christ (2 Thessalonians 3:1-15) - 11-17-2019 The Lord Be With You All (2 Thessalonians 3:16-18) - 11-24-2019