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Many pastors call this section of 1st Timothy the “Ten Commandments of Ministry” because in the space of six verses Paul commands young Timothy to do ten things. It’s interesting that Paul would select as a protégé someone wired so differently fro
We live in a society that suggests there is a quick fix to every problem. We’re suckers for anyone claiming to offer a proven way to lose weight or tone muscle effortlessly because we like quick easy answers to tough long-term problems. What doesn’t w
In my over thirty years of being a pastor, I have experienced people leaving this church and Christianity on occasion. Some were people who had been in church all or most of their lives who just decided one day they no longer believed in God...that they h
When we think of the Protestant Reformation we typically only concern ourselves with two of the three main tenets that caused Martin Luther to post his 95 theses (complaints) against the medieval Roman Catholic Church. However, we are less aware of the Pr
In this sermon we transition from the qualifications of elders who lead and teach to the qualifications for deacons/deaconesses who carry out, under the elders' oversight, some of the more basic but essential tasks of the church so that the elders could g
In this sermon we get to the third and final area that Paul says an elder candidate must be above reproach in…his parish life. A man can be a good husband and father, he can have a good reputation with outsiders, but the place where the rubber really me
In this sermon we get to the second area that Paul says an elder candidate must be above reproach in…his public life. A church with a leader who has a bad reputation in the community will find its testimony to that community hindered. Paul has said that
Guest Speaker, David Welch, from Rocky Point Church in Exeter, California discusses how to become an unforgettable Christian from James 1:21-25.
Paul writes that an elder candidate needs to be evaluated in three primary areas: His private life, his public life and his parish life. Today we will concentrate on the first of these: His private life.
In Chapter 3 of 1st Timothy, Paul gives the criteria for elders, who seem to have the main responsibility for teaching and leading the church. Yet we find that many churches all reading the same Bible have come to very different conclusions about how the
We continue our study of one of the most controversial passages in the Bible. With reference to this text Egalitarians...those who believe there are no limits on women for any ministry or church office...ironically need to limit what Paul says here to a p
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