Mountain Top Musings

[As we face the current budget crisis in Washington, these words are more needed than when I posted them a year ago.] “There was a widespr...

“A bishop then must be…able to teach”   ( 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) If I shepherd is to feed the flock of God from the Word, he must comp...

[Too often we are guilty of "stinkin' thinkin'" that gets us into trouble.  With that in mind, I repost this from last yea...

“A bishop then must be…able to teach”   ( 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) As observed in these studies, most of the qualifications for the pa...

[ As we consider current events in the Middle East and particularly in Syria now, this post from this time last year is even more pertinent ...

“A bishop then must be…able to teach”   ( 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) Many of the character qualities found in the pastor’s requirements ar...

“A bishop then must be…hospitable…”   ( 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) I recall a phone call from a pastor friend several years ago about De...

“A bishop then must be…hospitable…”   ( 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) It is one thing to be hospitable to family and friends, but love dema...

“A bishop then must be…of good behavior, hospitable…”   ( 1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) It is difficult to think of our Good Shepherd, Jesus...

“A bishop then must be…of good behavior…”   (1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV) Greek scholar, Kenneth Wuest, relates concerning this word:     ...

“Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come....

“A bishop then must be…of good behavior…”   (1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV)                                                                     ...

“A bishop then must be…sober-minded…”   (1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV)                                                                         ...

“A bishop then must be…sober-minded…”   (1 Timothy 3:2 NKJV)                                                                           ...