Hospitable by Glen Osburn
Hospitality is one of the hallmarks of Christianity. Glen Osburn helps us in our understanding of the importance of hospitality especially for those who serve as elders.
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Deuteronomy (God’s Love in Sacred Scripture)
Deuteronomy is the second law, but it is far more than a simple recitation or even elaboration on previous instructions recorded in earlier books. Deuteronomy is the heart-felt plea of an aged father to his young and eager children exhorting them to loyalty to God above all else.
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Temperate, Sober-minded, & Self-controlled by Randy Ballard
There are three synonymous qualifications for elders discussed by Randy Ballard in today’s article: temperate, sober-minded, and self-controlled. While these words share similar meanings, the slight nuanced differences between them reveal why Paul used all three as part of his standard for what an elder must be.
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Numbers (God’s Love in Sacred Scripture)
Numbers is one of the most tragic books of the Old Testament. It documents some of the greatest failures in early Israelite history and the consequences which followed. There is still hope and blessing for the people of God, however, because they serve a merciful Lord.
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Faithful Children by Greg Gay
Today’s article goes hand in hand with last week when Greg Gay discussed the first domestic qualification that an elder must be the husband of one wife. The focus in this second article from Greg is on the elder’s children. As Greg himself will note in the article, the question of interpreting “faithful children” has been a historic and current controversy and Greg offers what he believes is a safe position.
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