This is the tenth post in a series through Pauls first letter to Timothy and today I’m going to try and answer the question: do you think the bible allows women deacons? This is no easy task as there are good bible believing Christians on both sides of the debate. Bible teachers who I respect greatly...
In this article, as I’m blogging my way through 1 Timothy, I’m going to be looking at the role of Deacon. We;ve come to the section of the letter that explains who should lead the church and in Chapter 3 Paul identifies two primary leadership roles in the church: Elders – Definition: Servant leaders Deacons – Definition:...
As I’m blogging my way through 1 Timothy i’ve come to a section of the letter that explains who should lead the church. You’ll know, if you’ve been following along with these blogs that Timothy is a young pastor in a divided church and Paul is writing to him to encourage him to set things...
I’m currently blogging my way through 1 Timothy. It’s a lot slower that I anticipated and so if you’ve only just joined the conversation please see these posts of where I’ve come to. As a quick reminder to the context of Paul’s writing to Timothy: The church in Ephesus where the young pastor Timothy is...
