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Tag Archives: elders
Masterworks
12Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households. 13For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 3:12-13, deacons, elders, faith, faithfulness, good
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Head Waiters
8Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, 9but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 1 Timothy 3:8-9 2So the twelve summoned the congregation … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 Timothy 3:8-9, Acts 6:3-5, deacons, elders, faith, Philip, serving, Stephen
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Now a Word from Titus
For this reason I left you in Crete, that you might set in order what remains, and appoint elders in every city as I directed you. Titus 1:3 There was some unfinished business in Crete, some untidiness. No lines of … Continue reading
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Tagged elders, order, Paul, qualifications, Titus, Titus 1:6-9
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Initial Thoughts on Church Leadership–1 Timothy 3:1-13
1It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. 2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able … Continue reading
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At the Gate 
Happy Hour
3not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:3 Here’s one of the most obvious passages on drinking in the Bible. It’s part of Paul’s instructions to Timothy, his emissary to Ephesus, … Continue reading →