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Sermon on Acts 6:1-7 and 1 Timothy 8-13
This past week I had one of those so called ‘lightbulb’ moments; though at my age they tend to be more like the new bulbs that seem to take an age to actually brighten up! Immersed as I continue to be in the whole issue of church leadership and the role of elders and deacons,…
I am continuing to immerse myself in the whole subject of church leadership and the great ignorance that exists in so many churches about the respective role of elders and deacons. As I was preparing for the coming Lord’s Day and a sermon on 1 Timothy 3:8-13, I thought of the example of two deacons…
Yesterday morning I preached the next sermon in my series on 1 Timothy and was focussing on 2:8-15 where Paul addresses the different roles men and women play in the context of public worship. One of the great advantages of systematic expository preaching is that you can’t dodge ‘awkward’ passages like this, nor can you…