Tag: servanthood
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Stewards, Not Stars — Titus 1:7–8
Titus 1:7–8 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; Paul continues describing the kind of man who should lead in the church,…
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Servants First – Philippians 1:1
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons. When Paul writes to Philippi, he does not begin with a résumé. He does not say, “Paul, the apostle.” He does not lean on his revelations, his miracles, or…