Today: [1 Thessalonians 4:] Controversy, Intrusion, and Hope! In chapter 4 of Thessalonians Paul unapologetically intrudes into the personal lives of the believers in Thessalonians. He also addresses very controversial subjects not as salacious topics meant to titillate his readers but instead calling them to a hope beyond themselves of a coming cataclysmic confrontation between the forces of light and the domain of darkness.