Studies in Timothy

by Noah W. Hutchings

Paul's epistles to Timothy are considered pastoral epistles. This particular classification is given to these books because they contain instructions for church government and an orderly execution of the Lord's work. First Timothy is not considered one of Paul's prison epistles because there is no indication found within the epistle that Paul was in prison or under legal restraint by the Roman government. It is believed that Paul was released from prison in 63 A.D. and that he returned to Macedonia and Asia Minor revisiting the churches of Philippi, Ephesus, Galatia, and possibly even returning to Jerusalem. Paul was once again arrested in 67 A.D. and it was after his second imprisonment that he wrote his second letter to Timothy. The epistles of Paul to Timothy are important to Christian faith and service because they contain important guidelines, which when adherred to, will keep the churches on the missionary road God the preaching of the gospel for the salvation of souls. When churches depart from these guidelines, they then fall prey to satanic infiltration and are bent by the winds of false doctrine. The reason churches are in the apostate and materialistic condition they are today is because they have not remained faithful to the ordinances for church government contained in the pastoral epistles.

230 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1990

About the author

From Wikipedia:

Noah Webster Hutchings (December 11, 1922 – June 17, 2015) was the former president of Southwest Radio Church Ministries, a Christian broadcasting company based in Oklahoma City. For six decades, he was the host of their nationally syndicated radio show Your Watchman On The Wall, which is broadcast daily on stations across the USA.

Your Watchman on The Wall's main focus is biblical prophecy and exposition of end times theories as well as conservative Christian apologetics. Hutchings also contributed to the ministry's two monthly publications, Bible in the News magazine and Prophetic Observer newsletter.

Military service
Noah Webster Hutchings was born on December 11, 1922, in Messer, Oklahoma.[1] He was also one of six children. He graduated from Hugo High School in Hugo, Oklahoma, in 1939. In November 1942, Hutchings was drafted into the United States Army because of the rising threat from Japanese and German forces. After thirteen weeks of training, including physical and 155mm Howitzer, he went overseas. Hutchings had experience in the South Pacific while working as a radar technician. Hutchings completed his service during World War II and returned to Oklahoma.

Failed predictions
Hutchings engaged in many extra biblical predictions and date settings, all of which have been proven wrong.

In 1974, the Southwest Radio Church's David Webber and Noah Hutchings co-authored the book Prophecy in Stone (Harvest Press) in which they suggested that the "rapture" would take place "possibly in 1987 or 1988."