CALVARY HANFORD PODCASTS

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 – You Can Sleep When You’re Dead

The saints in Thessalonica lived in the daily anticipation of the rapture. They believed it was imminent – and by “imminent” I mean that it could happen at any moment.Then something happened they had not considered. A fellow believer died. Then another. Then some others. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 – Hello Mother, Hello Father

When Paul uses the illustration of the parent – whether the mother or the father – it is not to command authority over them or demand respect from them. It is the qualities of being a mother or a father that he applies to his ministry among believers. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 – Searchin’, Searchin’

In our text, in verse four, Paul describes the Gospel as something that had been “entrusted” to he and his companions. From the particular word he chose, his readers would have understood that he was comparing himself to a steward – the chief servant in a great household. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

1 Thessalonians 1:4 – Election Daze

If you are saved, it’s because you were chosen by God before the foundations of the earth. The sovereign God of creation foreknew you and He predestined you.All Christians believe what I just said. You have to believe it because it is what the Bible unequivocally teaches.Having said that, it must be admitted that there is wide disagreement on exactly how you were chosen and what God foreknew and when you were predestined. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)