Study to Show Thyself Approved
“Study to shew thyself approved of God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Tim. 2:15 Some years ago somebody gave me a plaque inscribed with the text quoted above. For some time it decorated my study wall as a reminder that a minister must rightly divide the word of truth. Quite fitting, don’t you think so? This enjoinder was given by the apostle Paul to his spiritual son Timothy, who at one time accompanied him on his missionary journey and was...