Everything rises and falls on leadership. Due to the precious nature of the Church being Christ's bride, trustworthy leaders should be joyfully supported, while immoral leaders must be strongly and immediately disciplined.

How we see people impacts how we treat people, and in this compelling chapter Paul reminds Timothy that the church is a "family", a large group of fathers, mothers, sisters, and brothers, requiring each member to care for others accordingly.

In order to help Timothy respond to the alarming apostasy of Ephesus, Paul details the internal and external qualities of a minister who perseveres to protect the church of Christ.

Paul continues to lay out the marks of a healthy church, which includes a body of believers who recognize they're saved to serve, fulfilling special and important works which God prepared for them from before time.

Far too many evangelicals follow a pastor based on his popularity, magnetism, humor, business acumen, or political ties. But Paul says it is not these external characteristics that Christians should desire in a leader at all. Rather, as we will see in this sermon, they should follow leaders based on 15-traits of spiritual ministry set forth by God.

After leaving young Timothy to pastor in Ephesus, Paul heard of men teaching falsely and creating strife. In response, he sends a letter to his young son in the faith demanding he uphold the crystalline truths of the Gospel and protect the church from error.

As a rule, Christians obey the government as peaceful and non-violent citizens. Yet, because their supreme allegiance remains to Christ, there are exceptions to the rule, and they must discern when and how they are to civilly disregard government, in order to maintain a pure conscience before God.

In this concluding chapter, Paul commands the Christians to turn from their selfish pride and personal desires to instead "think bigger" about their support of God's work around the world; including, missionaries, faithful pastors, and their fellow church members.

Part of Corinthian disorder was the disruptive outbursts of women, so in this important sermon, we'll evaluate God's intended design for women, both in how they relate to their local church, and how they respond to their husband's instruction.