{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Church is Messy","title":"Church is Messy: 1 Timothy 5:1-16","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1965,"description":"1 Timothy Message Series\n1 Timothy Chapter 5:1-16\n\nWhile the first half of 1 Timothy 5 is often viewed as a tutorial on caring for widows, this week Rick and Svea discuss what may be surprising themes this section is dripping with: leadership in challenging situations and what confrontation in the way of Jesus looks like.\n\nTopics Discussed in this Episode\n00:00 Intro.\n01:03 Svea: I’ve always read the chapter from a widow’s perspective.\n04:39 Surprised by the biblical confrontation and leadership themes in 1 Timothy 5.\n08:49 What kind of disposition will help us to navigate and engage with change in our lives?\n10:00 The goal of confrontation is to save a relationship not to sever a relationship.\n13:11 What might it look like to truly live out seeing others as our mothers and fathers or brothers and sisters (as in the opening verses of chapter 5) - especially in conflict?\n18:37 Don’t view others as a burden but care for them and see the far-reaching impact of that decision: safety in community.\n23:19 In the way of Jesus are we easy to confront and hard to offend? Being defined by Jesus, not our ideas and performance.\n27:08 How might we have encouraged Timothy if we had been a part of the Ephesian church?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/eGW0GjLFQWz3qpPjio-ji_5x5MOSNJlW79nf4VSHKIM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI4Mzk3LzE2ODMw/MzYzMDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}