Preach the Word

This morning I want to consider a text that I know is familiar to all of you—one that has always defined the ministry of Grace Church, so much that you might be tempted to think it is something of a cliche: 2 Timothy 4:1-5.

"Preach the word . . . in season and out of season." That has always been the key verse in our church's ministry philosophy, and this morning I want to remind you why. Second Timothy 2:1-5.

This, of course, is Paul's final charge to Timothy. Paul is about to be martyred in Rome. He clearly knows the end of his life is very near. He is coming to the conclusion of his own earthly ministry, but he is counting on Timothy to carry the baton into the next generation, and with that in mind he has written Timothy two brief epistles full of advice, encouragement, and instruction for how pastoral ministry in the church is to be done...

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