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Biblical Priorities For the Life of the Church (13)…

The Lord's Day Morning April 1, 2007 I Timothy 3:1-13; Hebrews 13:7 Biblical Priorities for Church LifeBiblical Church Leadership Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy 3. We've been for a number of months now, on and off, working through the attributes, or the characteristics, or the priorities of a biblical local church; that is, what are the characteristics of a church which in some measure has aspirations for and bears the marks of those qualities of life and ministry that God expects the church to bear and aspire to in the New Testament? What in the Bible are the characteristics that God looks for in a local church in which He is working…a local church which desires to be faithful to Scripture in its life and…

What God Wants in Elders

The Lord's Day Morning August 8, 2004 I Timothy 3:1-7 “What God Wants in Elders” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter three, as we continue to work through this book. We've already noted that this book, as well as Titus and Second Timothy, are about the priorities of a healthy local church. Paul is setting forth not just his own opinions, but God's view concerning what healthy local church life looks like. What does life look like, what ought life to look like in a healthy local Christian church? He's telling us about what our lives and our ministry ought to look like in the local church. And we've seen various aspects of the ministry stressed by Paul so far. Last week, Paul began to distinguish some of the responsibilities…

What Elder Are and Do

The Lord's Day Morning September 7, 2008 I Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9; Acts 20:28; Ephesians 4:11-16 “What Elders Are and Do” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, turn with me to I Timothy 3. If you have the handouts, you’ll note all the Scriptures that we’ll read from today printed on the inside flap. The topic today is what are elders, and what do elders do. We’re taking a break from our study of the Fourth Book of the Psalms (from Psalm 90-106) to consider this important subject, because we begin voting for elders today in the Congregational Meeting that will be called to order and will continue after the service today, and it's important for us to think about this biblically. We’re going to look at four important passages…not the only passages in…

What Deacons Are and Do

The Lord's Day Morning October 5, 2008 Acts 6:1-7; I Timothy 3:8-13 “What Deacons Are and Do” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd ask you to turn with me to 1 Timothy chapter 3. We’re taking a break on our journey through the fourth book of the Psalms as we've been moving through from Psalm 90 to Psalm 106, and we're going to look at what deacons are and do, because next Lord's Day, God willing, we’ll begin to elect new deacons for this…

Why We Need Deacons and What Kind of Deacon do We Need?

The Lord's Day August 15, 2004 I Timothy 3:8-13Why We Need Deacons and What Kind of Deacons We Need If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter 3.This morning we are going to look at the subject of why we need deacons and what kind of deacons we need.Now, before those of you who are not standing for the office of deacon turn your minds off,this is a sermon for you because the diaconal task is not only a task that you should be interested in because…

What God Wants in Deacons

The Lord's Day Morning August 15, 2004 I Timothy 3:8-13 “What God Wants in Deacons” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter three. We have been working our way through the Pastoral Epistles: First and Second Timothy, and Titus. We've just been in the book of First Timothy for the last few weeks, and last week we were looking at I Timothy 3:1-7, in which Paul gives us instructions for the qualifications for elders in…

The Mystery of Godliness

The Lord's Day Morning August 22, 2004 I Timothy 3:14-16 “The Mystery of Godliness” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter three. We’re working our way through this book. In fact, we're working our way through the Pastoral Epistles, these three letters from Paul, a veteran pastor, church planter, evangelist and missionary, to a young pastor named Timothy and another young pastor/church planter named Titus. In those…

The Latter Times

The Lord's Day Morning August 29, 2004 I Timothy 4:1-5 “The Latter Times” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy 4, and as you do so, allow your eyes to sneak a peek back just a few verses to I Timothy 3:14-16, where we were last week. That declaration in I Timothy 3:14-16 is a climactic declaration about the church: the nature of the church, especially the nature of the local church and the way God has ordained to use the local…

Spiritual Discipline

The Lord's Day Morning September 5, 2004 I Timothy 4:6-8 Spiritual Discipline Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter four, verse six. Last time we were together in I Timothy 4:1-5, Paul reminded us that in the latter days, those days that we are now living in, the time between the first and second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, in those latter days the church would struggle with false teaching, even in its very midst. And…