<p>2:8 <em>Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, of the seed of David, according to the gospel I preached</em>- Paul appeals for Timothy to take a Christ-centered approach. Knowing that he is under attack as a charlatan, he emphasizes that his Gospel was what as it were resurrected Christ from the dead. In our hearts, the Lord remains dead until the Gospel reveals His resurrection to us. &quot;Remember&quot; is a similar idea in Greek to the word used for &quot;Consider&quot; in :7; it implies the exercise of the mind. The most basic truths of the Gospel and their implications can easily be forgotten or become swamped in significance by all the <em>angst</em> which goes with grappling with church politics.</p>