Please turn with me to 2 Timothy 4, starting at Verse 9. Today is our last Sunday looking at 2 Timothy and the Character of a Commetted Christian. We've been looking at what it means to remain consistent in our walk with God to go the distance with Jesus. What we have been seeing is that a committed Christian one who is going to go the distance with Jesus is a person who has come to realize that behind the circumstances of his or her life is God...

Please turn with me to 2 Timothy 4, starting at verse 6. As youre turning think with me about what it means to finish well. Does anyone remember who ran against Franklin Pierce in the 1852 presidential election? Represented the Whig party? General Winfield Scott beat President Fillmore for the party nomination...

Please turn with me to 2 Timothy 3, starting at verse 16, Someone has said, "The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlamp of an oncoming train." Ever feel like that? Former heavy weight boxer James "Quick" Tillis is a cowboy from Oklahoma who fought out of Chicago in the early 1980's...

Please turn with me to 2 Timothy chapter 3. As your turning I’d like to start with a pop quiz. See if you know who this person is. This person’s grandfather was a Christian. That narrows it down. This person’s father was a church deacon and a government official. This person was born in a town called Kilpatrick - just south of Scotland - in Britain - in probably the year 389 A.D. At the age of 16 - while working on his father’s farm - he was kidnapped by a band of marauding Irishmen and hauled off to Ireland to become a slave - as a shepherd...