Though imperfect (3:10), the Thessalonians were standing fast in their faith (3:8), so Paul writes this letter as a response to encourage them all the more. The city of Thessalonica was a ...

Admit to God that you are a sinner. Repent, turning from your sin. By faith receive Jesus as God’s Son and accept His gift of ...

With a long history stretching back to ancient Greece, Thessalonica (known today as Thessaloniki) is Greece’s second-largest ...

The earliest Christian writing - Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians which was written probably in the early 50s - addresses questions raised by this community about the fate of the dead.

This letter is the oldest book of the New Testament, written from Corinth to the Thessalonian congregation around 51 CE. In it, Paul writes affectionate words of encouragement to the Thessalonian ...

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 According to most Evangelicals, a Christian needs ...

If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends, you talk to your enemies” — Desmond Tutu Four weeks ago I wrote about joy ...

Interestingly, the idea that the Jews killed Jesus is also found in Jewish religious literature. In tractate Sanhedrin of the ...

as Paul puts it in his First Letter of the Thessalonians. That means that they are not going to participate in a great many of not only the religious, but the civic functions, which emerged in the ...