Well, hey, and welcome to the Becoming Better podcast. I'm your host, Nate, and I am so glad that you are here. On today's episode, Josh, David, and I sit down and talk through last Sunday's message. If you haven't listened to Sunday's message, then we would love for you to stop here and give that a listen, as that will help make this conversation make more sense to you. Well, we hope that you enjoy this conversation/

Paul ends the book of 1 Timothy by giving instructions to those who are slaves. Slavery was a common part of life in the Roman Empire and Ephesus would have been no exception. What makes this text interesting is that there are no corresponding instructions to the masters in the church (at least in 1 Timothy). However, Paul does instruct a master in the church in a letter to Philemon.

On this episode, Josh, Joe, and I sit down to discuss last Sunday's message. We also dive into what we're doing for the 4th of July. If you haven't listened to last Sunday's message, I encourage you to pause here and give it a listen, as it will help make this conversation more sense to you.

The letter of 1 Timothy was written by the Apostle Paul to a young pastor named Timothy to help him understand how the church would operate. It makes perfect sense that Paul would address the expectations that come with being a pastor (also known as an elder, shepherd, and overseer).

There are some benefits, such as being paid for your work: Paul makes it clear that the one who’s job is preaching and teaching should be compensated. Accusations against the pastor are to be corroborated before they are to be believed. However, when a pastor is found to have sinned, he is to be reproved in public.

On this episode, Josh, David, and Nate talk through Grant's message on the young widows and what the church is called to do for them. If you haven't listened to last Sunday's message, then I want to encourage you to stop here and give that a listen, as it will help make this conversation make more sense to you. We hope you enjoy this conversation.

In a world were the life expectancy at birth was 25-30 years, and making it to 40-50-60 was less than 30%, it isn’t surprising that Paul felt the need to address younger widows. It is like that there were many young woman who lost their husbands at a relatively young age.

But, as we saw in the text last week, not all widows are equal. There are different expectations for widows depending on their circumstances. So what does Paul have to say about the younger widows?

Well, hey, and welcome to the Become Better podcast. My name is Nate, and I am so glad you are here. On today's episode, Josh David and I talk about the widows in the church and what we are called to do. We also answer a few questions. We hope you enjoy this conversation.

In our text, Paul reinforces the idea of church family by telling Timothy to treat those in the church as fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. Paul then goes into great detail establishing the responsibility of the church in helping the widows among the people of God.