“Paul is in prison and has been abandoned by his friends and co-workers. He is facing his own mortality, even as he continues in his teaching to young Timothy. The events that have led Paul to this place in his life have been of his own choosing. It was not a case of poor Paul being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This portion of the letter shows a man at the end of his life finding meaning in a life lived for Christ Jesus. Hear his words again, “I am already on the point of being sacrificed. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race. I have kept the faith….” — Listen here, or download the MP3!