The letters to the Thessalonians discuss the relationship between the gospel and a local church.
Remember these two things as you read these short epistles:
1. The gospel creates the church; the church spreads the gospel.
2. The gospel shapes the church; the church seeks to live lives worthy of the gospel.
"...to which He called you by our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ" (2 Thessalonians 2:14; NKJV).
Jason Cicero