II Timothy

Rev. Charles G. Dennison
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Twenty sermons by Rev. Charles G. Dennison, former pastor of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, PA, a verse-by-verse exposition of Paul's last letter — his bond with Timothy, Onesiphorus's example, suffering and glory, and facing death in Christ's resurrection. Preached January - August 1988 and drawn from the Dennison Sermon Library archive.

  1. 08/07/1988

    The When, How, and Why of Timothy

    This closing sermon organizes both letters to Timothy around three questions: when, the importance of real history inside Scripture rather than timeless ideas; how, the actual bond of love between Paul and Timothy that carries the instruction; and why, the hope of Christ's resurrection that grounds everything else. Taken together, the two letters answer all three at once, woven through rather than kept in separate sections.

  2. 07/17/1988

    Paul's Humanity, Devotion, and Glory

    Paul's closing notes in 4:9-22 move in three steps: his plain humanity in 4:9-11, his devotion to ministry despite it in 4:12-15, and the glory and confidence of 4:16-18. Believers face death the way Paul did, in that order, with humanity first. No believer may skip any of the three.

  3. 07/03/1988

    Confidence Outside Ourselves

    Paul grounds his confidence in his ministry entirely outside himself, in Christ's redemption, and he extends that confidence to Timothy. Two pillars of education pass that confidence on, and neither is self-reliance.

  4. 06/26/1988

    A War Already Won

    The church's war, Christ against Satan, is already won in Christ, and its outcome is not in doubt. The catalogue of sins in 3:2-7 describes present conditions. Believers share in Christ's victory now, in the last days, before its final unveiling.

  5. 06/19/1988

    Pastoring in the Last Days

    Pastoring is hard, and 2:24-3:9 ties that difficulty to the troubles Paul names as marks of 'the last days.' Other passages on the last days fill out the picture. Churches absorbed in their own serenity, expecting ease in place of the soldier's life Paul describes, labor under a real fallacy.

  6. 06/05/1988

    A Stubbornness That Is Meek

    Paul seems to contradict himself, urging peace in one breath and naming false teachers in the next. The result is a proper stubbornness that stands firm without losing meekness. Christ himself shows how to take a real stand and remain meek.

  7. 05/15/1988

    The Sufficiency of the Word

    Paul embodies the whole apostolic age in his own person, and he stays close to believers today. The Word of God is sufficient, against a modern impoverishment in practical theology and application-driven preaching that quietly assumes the Word alone is not enough. Believers come close to Paul through the text.

  8. 05/01/1988

    Paul's Last Words

    2 Timothy is Paul's last letter, and it joins a biblical pattern of last words, from Jacob and Moses to Christ himself. Paul's closing words work in three specific ways. The death of Christ, and in a lesser way the death of the apostles, means life for those who come after.

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Twenty sermons by Rev. Charles G. Dennison, former pastor of Grace Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Sewickley, PA, a verse-by-verse exposition of Paul's last letter — his bond with Timothy, Onesiphorus's example, suffering and glory, and facing death in Christ's resurrection. Preached January - August 1988 and drawn from the Dennison Sermon Library archive.

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