http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/children-of-elders ALERT: Dr. Köstenberger’s blogs are now becoming available in Spanish. We will continue to add new posts as soon as they can be translated. Click on “Espanol” above Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:35:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/children-of-elders/comment-page-1#comment-45222 lou Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:48:29 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/?p=36#comment-45222 Please address the situation where a man who has been a elder for many years has adult children who live out of state and have periods of drunkenss and immorality and live a great distance from him. Should he step down? Please address the situation where a man who has been a elder for many years has adult children who live out of state and have periods of drunkenss and immorality and live a great distance from him. Should he step down?

]]> http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/children-of-elders/comment-page-1#comment-38911 Andreas Köstenberger Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:28:45 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/?p=36#comment-38911 Yes, because, to go no further, it is impossible for women to be "faithful husbands" (1 Tim 3:2; Titus 1:6). Yes, because, to go no further, it is impossible for women to be “faithful husbands” (1 Tim 3:2; Titus 1:6).

]]> http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/children-of-elders/comment-page-1#comment-38732 Beverly Hess Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:25:55 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/?p=36#comment-38732 Do you believe then that elders must be men? Do you believe then that elders must be men?

]]> http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/children-of-elders/comment-page-1#comment-7551 “Children who Believe” in Titus 1:6 (Part 2) « Expository Thoughts Wed, 28 Feb 2007 19:19:00 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/?p=36#comment-7551 [...] Feb 28th, 2007 by Matt Waymeyer Third, if pistos means “believing” in Titus 1:6, it is difficult to explain the absence of this qualification (“having children who believe”) from Paul’s list in 1 Timothy 3:1-7. Was this a requirement in Crete but not in Ephesus? As Andreas Kostenberger writes, “In the larger context of the teaching of the Pastoral Epistles, it would be unusual if the author had two separate standards, a more lenient one in 1 Tim. 3:4 (obedient) and a more stringent one in Titus 1:6 (believing)” (Kostenberger, “Children of Elders: What are the Requirements?”). At least one commentator has responded to this by stating that Christianity was established more firmly in Ephesus at the time than in Crete, and therefore Paul did not think it necessary to include this requirement in 1 Timothy 3 (White, “The Epistle to Titus,” 187). [...] [...] Feb 28th, 2007 by Matt Waymeyer Third, if pistos means “believing” in Titus 1:6, it is difficult to explain the absence of this qualification (“having children who believe”) from Paul’s list in 1 Timothy 3:1-7. Was this a requirement in Crete but not in Ephesus? As Andreas Kostenberger writes, “In the larger context of the teaching of the Pastoral Epistles, it would be unusual if the author had two separate standards, a more lenient one in 1 Tim. 3:4 (obedient) and a more stringent one in Titus 1:6 (believing)” (Kostenberger, “Children of Elders: What are the Requirements?”). At least one commentator has responded to this by stating that Christianity was established more firmly in Ephesus at the time than in Crete, and therefore Paul did not think it necessary to include this requirement in 1 Timothy 3 (White, “The Epistle to Titus,” 187). [...]

]]> http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/the-church/children-of-elders/comment-page-1#comment-21 Gary Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:52:28 +0000 http://www.biblicalfoundations.org/blog/?p=36#comment-21 Hi, thanks for the helpful article. I have a friend who believes that the commands regarding an elder and family necessitates that he has family (i.e., every elder must be married, and have kids). If he is not married with children, how can he be the husband of one wife, manage his household well, and have faithful children? That is his logic at least. Any thoughts on this view? Hi, thanks for the helpful article. I have a friend who believes that the commands regarding an elder and family necessitates that he has family (i.e., every elder must be married, and have kids). If he is not married with children, how can he be the husband of one wife, manage his household well, and have faithful children? That is his logic at least. Any thoughts on this view?

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