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Episode 3 of Thessalonians: Holy & Hopeful
What happens when the gospel truly takes root in a life?
In 1 Thessalonians 1:1–2:16, Paul looks back at a young church and sees unmistakable evidence that God is at work. Their faith is working, their love is laboring, their hope is holding firm. They receive the Word in affliction with joy, turn from idols to serve the living and true God, become examples to other believers, and before long the Word of the Lord is sounding forth from them.
The gospel came to them, went to work in them, and began ringing out through them.
We’ll follow that movement through these opening chapters and consider what it means to be entrusted with the gospel, where true boldness comes from, how discipleship happens through shared lives, and why Paul can thank God that His Word is “at work in you believers.”
Along the way, we’ll build some theological and Bible-study vocabulary, look at words including dokimazō, energeō, and adelphoi, and practice reading one of Paul’s more difficult passages in its context while letting Scripture help us understand Scripture.
And we’ll bring the passage home personally: How did the gospel come to me? Where can I see God’s Word changing me? How might my faith begin to ring out through the way I live?
This episode accompanies Lesson Two of the 50-day Thessalonians: Holy & Hopeful Bible study from Dwelling Richly Ministries.
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Released every-other Tuesday, 6am (PST).
2026 release dates:
- 📖 September 8, Episode 1 “An Invitation to Dwell” (early release 9/2)
- 📖 September 22, Episode 2 Lesson 1 Review “Dwelling Well Through Thessalonians”
- 📖 October 6, Episode 3 Lesson 2 Review “The Gospel at Work”
- 📖 October 20, Episode 4 Lesson 3 Review “Established in Holiness”
- 📖 November 3, Episode 5 Lesson 4 Review “Because He Lives”
- 📖 November 17, Episode 6 Lesson 5 Review “Holy & Hopeful”
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