You face a world that is set on silencing the gospel message of hope—a world that daily grows more openly hostile toward those who would preach that message. But where else can sinners go to be saved? Christ alone has the words of eternal life (John 6:68).

So what does faithfulness to preach Christ look like in this onslaught? How will you face it?

Paul’s final words to Timothy, his protégé in the ministry and son in the faith, give us the paradigm for Christian courage. Even as Paul faced martyrdom for proclaiming the name of Christ, his focus was on ensuring that the next generation would have the fortitude not to shrink back from the same task, no matter how savage the opposition. Antagonists were stacked against Timothy both inside and outside of the church, but it was in that context that the apostle equipped his fainthearted young friend to live Unashamed. Study his exhortations from 2 Timothy 1, and learn how to live valiantly for Christ today.