2 Thessalonians
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New practices (2 Thessalonians 3:6–13)
At this point we’re all into whatever is our way of being together as endemic church.
Steadfast, resilient, and increasingly happy (2 Thessalonians 1:1-4, 11-12)
There’s a hard truth about existence in 2 Thessalonians 1 that social science bears out.
When to panic and when to act (2 Thessalonians 3:6-13)
The authors of 2 Thessalonians saw a painful unraveling within the community, and they responded with urgency.
Firm in community
Second Thessalonians is concerned with encouraging a struggling congregation to stand firm, endure and persevere. Wendell Berry refers to the "art of the commonplace," a phrase that for pastors brings to mind the art, craft and skills by which we cultivate the common everyday life our people are called to live and share--and which will enable them to stand firm. It is about the mundane and about community.