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Verse by verse studies through books of the Bible with Pastor Gene Pensiero of Calvary Hanford. In this series titled "Let's Get Ready To Rapture" we learn about the coming rapture of the Church and of God's extravagant love for His people.

Calvary Hanford

Hanford, California


    • Mar 22, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 25m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 – Wanna See Something REALLY Spiritual?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 29:59


    The apostle Paul didn’t have the technology we have, but he was nevertheless able, with 100% accuracy, to project what you would ‘look’ like at the coming of Jesus Christ. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 – Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 33:02


    You are not called to start or settle in a commune, but you are to have a strong sense of community. Christians are connected with one another and are expected to experience those connections in community with other Christians in a local church. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 – Christians Are Light-Waits

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 26:16


    I don't know if the apostle Paul was a morning person or not… But in our text he argued that all Christians are morning people with regards to Bible prophecy. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 – You Can Sleep When You're Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 21:54


    The saints in Thessalonica lived in the daily anticipation of the rapture. They believed it was imminent – and by “imminent” I mean that it could happen at any moment.Then something happened they had not considered. A fellow believer died. Then another. Then some others. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 – Deadbeat Disciples

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 24:33


    Paul had taught the church in Thessalonica about the imminent coming of Jesus to rapture the church from earth to Heaven. By “imminent” we mean any-moment. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 – The Immoral Majority

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 21:11


    I think it is fundamental that we decide once-and-for-all that the Christian life is a higher, better, life. We too often long for the lower-living we did in the world or that the world offers. God has something better for you. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 – We Are Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 21:24


    In our text, in First Thessalonians, the apostle Paul was anxiously awaiting a report from Timothy regarding the spiritual state of the church there Thessalonica. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 – High Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 32:28


    The apostle Paul, who tells us to be anxious for nothing, had a moment of high anxiety over the situation in Thessalonica. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 – Your Next Stop: The Tribulation Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 26:06


    Our text would be a great monologue to describe the Tribulation Zone. Paul used several words to describe what you can expect as a Christian in this world. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 – Hello Mother, Hello Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 27:00


    When Paul uses the illustration of the parent – whether the mother or the father – it is not to command authority over them or demand respect from them. It is the qualities of being a mother or a father that he applies to his ministry among believers. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 – Searchin', Searchin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 23:31


    In our text, in verse four, Paul describes the Gospel as something that had been “entrusted” to he and his companions. From the particular word he chose, his readers would have understood that he was comparing himself to a steward – the chief servant in a great household. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 – Our Church Is A Very, Very, Very Fine Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 29:47


    The apostle Paul described the church of the Thessalonians in the last portion of chapter one. He said they were an “example” to other churches. This is how we should want to be described. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 1:4 – Election Daze

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 24:29


    If you are saved, it’s because you were chosen by God before the foundations of the earth. The sovereign God of creation foreknew you and He predestined you.All Christians believe what I just said. You have to believe it because it is what the Bible unequivocally teaches.Having said that, it must be admitted that there […]

    1 Thessalonians 1:1-3 – Making Sense Of Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 22:02


    Every chapter in Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians ends with a reminder that the Lord is coming. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 – Wanna See Something REALLY Spiritual?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 29:59


    The apostle Paul didn’t have the technology we have, but he was nevertheless able, with 100% accuracy, to project what you would ‘look’ like at the coming of Jesus Christ (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 – Community

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 33:02


    You are not called to start or settle in a commune, but you are to have a strong sense of community. Christians are connected with one another and are expected to experience those connections in community with other Christians in a local church. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 – Christians Are Light-Waits

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 26:16


    I don’t know if the apostle Paul was a morning person or not, but in our text he argued that all Christians are morning people with regards to Bible prophecy (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 – You Can Sleep When You’re Dead

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 21:54


    The saints in Thessalonica lived in the daily anticipation of the rapture. They believed it was imminent – and by “imminent” I mean that it could happen at any moment. Then something happened they had not considered. A fellow believer died. Then another. Then some others. If Jesus was coming at any moment to take […]

    1 Thessalonians 4:9-12 – Deadbeat Disciples

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 24:33


    The church at Thessalonica had no doubts that Jesus could return for them at any moment. So much so that some of them misunderstood the implications of His imminent coming. They decided to quit their jobs and wait around for Jesus to rapture them. Their idleness was becoming a burden to the other believers as […]

    1 Thessalonians 4:1-8 – The Immoral Majority

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 21:11


    This begins a new section of the letter in which Paul deals with certain issues in the church. One of them was immorality (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 – We Are Family

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 21:24


    In our text, in First Thessalonians, the apostle Paul was anxiously awaiting a report from Timothy regarding the spiritual state of the church there Thessalonica (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 3:1-5 – High Anxiety

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 32:28


    The apostle Paul, who tells us to be anxious for nothing, had a moment of high anxiety over the situation in Thessalonica (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 2:13-20 – Your Next Stop: The Tribulation Zone

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 26:06


    I hate to admit it… But I sometimes get a similar feeling as a Christian. It’s not the Twilight Zone I’m concerned about; it’s the Tribulation Zone! It’s that strange dimension you enter without warning in which your world turns upside down with difficulties and dilemmas, troubles and tragedies, problems and pain. That’s the signpost […]

    1 Thessalonians 2:7-12 – Hello Mother, Hello Father

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 27:00


    The ‘traditional family’ is important to our text in First Thessalonians. Paul assumes that his readers – both then and throughout history – will value the traditional family enough for him to describe his care for them like that of a mother and a father working together to raise their kids (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 2:1-6 – Searchin’, Searchin’

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 23:31


    In our text, in verse four, Paul describes the Gospel as something that had been “entrusted” to he and his companions. From the particular word he chose, his readers would have understood that he was comparing himself to a steward – the chief servant in a great household (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 1:5-10 – Our Church Is A Very, Very, Very Fine Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 29:47


    The apostle Paul described the church of the Thessalonians in the last portion of chapter one. He said they were an “example” to other churches. This is how we should want to be described (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

    1 Thessalonians 1:4 – Election Daze

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 24:29


    If you are saved, it’s because you were chosen by God before the foundations of the earth. The sovereign God of creation foreknew you and He predestined you. All Christians believe what I just said. You have to believe it because it is what the Bible unequivocally teaches. Having said that, it must be admitted […]

    1 Thessalonians 1:1-3 – Making Sense Of Sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 22:02


    Every chapter in Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians ends with a reminder that the Lord is coming (Pastor Gene Penseiro)

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