Sermon Text: 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Outline:

1. Understand
2. Avoid
3. Take Heart

Reflection Questions:

1. When (and how) do you DEMAND that things happen in accordance with your expectations and preferences?
2. Where do you regularly discover that your expectations are unhelpful?
3. What portions of the Bible do you find particularly perplexing (especially as it relates to God’s method of employing madness to move His Kingdom forward
   and refine His church)?
4. What are your most practical and Jesus-endorsed strategies for avoiding and hating what is evil?
5. What sort of ‘pain-with-a-purpose’, or power of God being perfected in weakness, are you experiencing these days?