Wednesday in the Word with Krisan Marotta
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In 1 Timothy 5:3-16, Paul gives Timothy practical instructions for caring for widows in the church at Ephesus. Paul's plan is surprisingly clear. Families carry the first responsibility for their own. The church steps in...
Paul’s instructions to Timothy offer a clear picture of Christian maturity: fill your mind with what is true, order your life around that truth, and help others do the same. In 1 Timothy 4:6–5:2, Paul compares the pursui...
False teaching does not always sound wrong. Sometimes it sounds disciplined, devoted, and even more spiritual than the truth. In 1 Timothy 3:14–4:6, Paul shows Timothy how to recognize teaching that adds human rules to t...
Paul’s qualifications for church leaders are not primarily about titles, offices, or organizational charts. They are about character. In 1 Timothy 3:1–13, Paul describes mature believers whose lives have already demonstr...
1 Timothy 2:9–15 is often read as a straightforward prohibition against women teaching or exercising authority over men. This episode presents a carefully considered minority interpretation: Paul is addressing husbands a...
How should Christians understand one of the New Testament’s most debated passages about women, teaching, and authority in the church? In this episode, Krisan Marotta introduces the major interpretations of 1 Timothy 2:9–...
How should Christians respond when political leaders, officials, or other authority figures make life harder? In 1 Timothy 2:1–8, Paul calls believers to replace anger and resentment with prayer, especially prayer for th...
Before he was an apostle, Paul had believers put to death. He was so notorious that when God sent a man named Ananias to help him, Ananias begged to be sent anywhere else. In 1 Timothy 1:12-20, Paul looks back at that hi...
Not every confident Bible teacher is leading you toward the truth. In Ephesus, some teachers sounded impressive, quoted the Law with authority, and drew a following. But Paul says they were doing real damage, because the...
Would you pick a quiet, unproven thirty-something to lead a church in crisis? Paul did. In 1 Timothy 1:1-4, he hands Timothy, a young pastor with no impressive pedigree and a hesitant personality, the task of confronting...
Timothy has been left in Ephesus with an intimidating assignment: confront false teachers, restore order, and guide a divided community without Paul beside him. Why did Paul trust this relatively young leader with such a...
For fifteen years, the Wednesday in the Word podcast has been exploring what the Bible means and how we know. Now, as we begin our 28th season, we’re turning to a letter that asks an urgent and surprisingly modern questi...
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