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9-13-26 // Entrusted with the Gospel // 1 Timothy 1:1-11; 3:15 // What Has the Church Been Entrusted With?

Pastor Jared Richard launches a new series through 1 Timothy by grounding the church in a simple but weighty truth drawn from 1 Timothy 3:15 — that the church is "the household of God, a pillar and buttress of the truth." The local church, he argues, is not merely a gathering of people who enjoy one another's company. It is the place where the gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed, protected, and passed on. That is what makes the church irreplaceable, and that is what must be guarded with diligence.

To make his case, Pastor Jared walks through 1 Timothy 1:1-11, where Paul writes to Timothy…

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