A Pastor’s Heart (2)

Prof. Hanko is professor of Church History and New Testament in the Protestant Reformed Seminary. (Second installment of a speech delivered at the Officebearers' Conference in South Holland, IL, March 2, 1993) Requiring Specific Gifts (cont.) Certain gifts are also required of a pastor/minister which have to do with himself. A couple of texts speak directly to this. In I Timothy 1:6, Paul urges upon Timothy: "that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands."...