The following is from my notes at Kempton Turner's session yesterday at the CDG conference.
1. Be a truth-drenched example.
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
The example of your life is the hammer that drives your message home. If your life doesn't exemplify what you expect, your message will not be believable.
2. Have a truth-drenched marriage and family life.
He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
We shouldn't see if someone is fit for the ministry by how they do in seemingly less important ministries. Rather, we should see what kind of husband and father he is. If he leads his family well, then maybe he's fit for the ministry.
Paul assumes that a church leader first leads his family. A truth-drenched youth ministry will get the overflow of the youth minister's leadership of his wife and kids. Keep Reading>>>
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