The time to prepare for a storm is before it hits. While we can't prepare for every storm life may throw at us, we can prepare for the storms that hit us on the inside.
While it's tempting to look past the greeting in 1 Thessalonians to get into the "meat" of the letter, to do so would cause us to miss some powerful truths - including the effect that faith, love, and hope has on followers of Jesus.
In a pluralistic society, one of the greatest "sins" that can be committed is to claim exclusive truth. As a result, many people say that Jesus is not the only way to get to God. However, that's not what Jesus said at all.
