Letter to Timothy: Being an Example

Dear Timothy, Dear Timothy, In our last letter we began a discussion of some of the practical aspects of a minister's life in the parsonage -- especially from the viewpoint of Paul's discussion of these things in I Timothy 4. And we began our discussion with some comments on the need of the minister to "give attendance to reading." This time I want to talk about the matter of being an example in the congregation. Paul talks about this also to Timothy: "Let no man despise thy youth; but be...