Go Deeper: What is a Missionary? What should a Missionary do? Learnings from the Life of Paul (2 Timothy 3:10-4:8)

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You’re going to enjoy this podcast today as Will and David spend time with us in the Word discussing “What is a Missionary, what should a Missionary do, and how we can lean about the answers to these questions from the life of Paul“.

We’re thankful for these brothers as they guide us in interpreting the Letters of the New Testament for the work we do today; referencing this scriptural passage showing Paul intended for Timothy to imitate and follow his missionary model, and leading us in a missiological interpretation of 2 Timothy 3:10-4:8 and hermeneutics.

Get ready to dive in deep with us here – and join in the discussion: What are your thoughts on the term(s) “Apostolic Delegate” and/or “Missionary”? As they discuss “the idea of a pattern” – what do you see here; what are the various aspects of the pattern? How do the “commands” in chapter 4 relate to functions of missionaries and what we should do today? Are they evangelistic or disciple-making? From a hermeneutical stand point, how does this key passage show modern missionaries should look to follow Paul’s model? How do we hand forward the apostolic teaching, including authority? – And how does that impact us as teams and how we relate to the churches we partner with?

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Looking forward to Will and David’s next installment podcast contribution on how this affects teaming, and the bigger picture of looking to Timothy for what we do today.

Thankful to be on this journey with you all.

Nathan – rom.15:23