Tom Wright

The Sending of Timothy Thessalonians 3.1-5 The young adult daughter of some friends of ours went on a trip round the world, and was so enjoying life that, at one stage, she didn’t phone home for several weeks. Her parents had no way of getting in touch, and were beside themselves…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Paul's Joy and Crown

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Paul’s Joy and Crown Thessalonians 2.17-20 There were tear-jerking scenes on the television last night. Twin baby girls had been adopted by a couple from another country, who had found the children being advertised for adoption over the Internet. But another couple, from the chil…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Persecuted Church

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The Persecuted Church Thessalonians 2.13-16 The day started clear and bright, with not a cloud in the sky. My son and I set off to climb in the mountains with every hope that the weather would hold. But as we reached the top of our first peak, a shock awaited us. We were climbing…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Paul's Fatherly Concern

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Paul’s Fatherly Concern Thessalonians 2.9-12 Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Paul’s missionary work is that when he arrived in a new town the people there had quite literally never seen anything of the sort before. They had seen other travelling teachers, but none like th…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Paul's Ministry to Thessalonica

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Paul’s Ministry to Thessalonica Thessalonians 2.1-8 The ancient world, like the modern one, learned to be cynical about almost everything. If a letter arrives offering me a wonderful free gift, I know it’s a trap to lure me into paying for something I don’t really want. If someon…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Thessalonians' Faith

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The Thessalonians’ Faith Thessalonians 1.6-10 ‘Well,’ I said last week when my son came home from a movie, ‘did you enjoy it?’ I knew the answer as I asked the question. The movie was OK, but not that great. If he’d really enjoyed it, I wouldn’t have had to ask. He would have com…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica

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The Gospel Comes to Thessalonica Thessalonians 1.1-5 I hesitated long over the decision. I had to make up my mind whether to admit to the university a student whose grades were not quite as high as we would normally require. She was clearly intelligent, and capable of hard work, …

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Boasting in the Cross

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Boasting in the Cross Galatians 6.11-18 At least half of all the items that come through my letter-box each day are what we loosely call ‘junk mail’. Often I receive letters which, though they may have my name at the top, have in fact been mass-produced by a computer as part of a…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Practical Support in the Church

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Practical Support in the Church Galatians 6.6-10 For some years I helped to organize a fund-raising campaign for a church. It was a good cause, lots of people wanted to help, there was great enthusiasm and initiative, and eventually the money was raised. But I found it one of the…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Bearing One Another's Burdens

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Bearing One Another’s Burdens Galatians 6.1-5 I was reading the autobiography of a world-famous cricketer. He described how for his first ten years in the game the team he played for never succeeded in winning a major trophy. They had star players, many of them of much better qua…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Fruit of the Spirit

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Fruit of the Spirit Galatians 5.22-26 The Christmas decorations were spectacular. I went down the street from store to store, and in each window – and indeed in the street itself – there were pretty lights and multicoloured decorations. Every shop seemed to have sparkling trees, …

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Law and the Spirit

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The Law and the Spirit Galatians 5.13-21 In the middle of Oxford University there stands a wonderful building, surrounded by well-kept grass. The building is a library, circular in shape, topped by a great dome. It is beautiful inside and out. People photograph it, paint it, admi…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Warnings Against Compromise

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Warnings Against Compromise Galatians 5.7-12 One of the few times I watch television is when I’m travelling, and find myself in a strange place, with my body-clock telling me I should be awake when it’s the middle of the night. Sitting in a hotel room, and wishing I could go to s…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Freedom in Christ

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Freedom in Christ Galatians 5.1-6 The lake freezes over for four months in the winter, to a depth of at least ten feet. People drive not only snowmobiles across it, but even cars and vans. It’s exciting – and also quite convenient – to be able to drive across the water to the vil…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Abraham's Two Sons

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Abraham’s Two Sons Galatians 4.21-31 Not long ago, there was an international rugby match played in pouring rain. The pitch became muddier and muddier, and the players got dirtier and dirtier. The spectators couldn’t tell which side was which. Then the referee discovered that eve…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - Paul's Appeal to His Children

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Paul’s Appeal to His Children Galatians 4.12-20 The French teacher was a strict disciplinarian. We weren’t allowed to speak a word of English during the classes, and neither did he. Everything, even trivial comments or requests, had to be made in French. He was determined that we…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The True God and the False Gods

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The True God and the False Gods Galatians 4.8-11 The whale is one of the greatest sights in the animal kingdom. To go out on a small boat, to wait perhaps for hours, and then to see one of these magnificent creatures come to the surface, or even leap from the water – few can resi…

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Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians - The Son and the Spirit

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The Son and the Spirit Galatians 4.1-7 If you’ve ever tried to write a story, you have probably discovered that your characters get themselves into muddles from which it’s quite hard to get them out. Several nineteenth-century novelists faced this problem, often with heroes and h…

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