Friday Fragments 10/3/2014

Happy Friday...hope it's a great one.

• Prov. 24:19-20 "Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not envious of the wicked, for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out." Contemplating the future fate the the wicked challenges us in 2 ways. 1. We don't need to be afraid of them; their doom is sure. 2. We would be foolish to envy someone whose future is so dismal.
  
• We're studying elders and deacons in the preaching at GBC these days. Here is a nicely categorized summary of 1 Timothy 3:1-7 (qualifications of elders) from David Murray. I plan to preach on this Sunday; maybe I should borrow his outline.
• Here's a little gem from William Hendriksen on parenting (commenting on the qualification of an overseer/elder managing his household, raising his children well.) "...that the father's firmness makes it advisable for a child to obey, that his wisdom makes it natural for a child to obey, and that his love makes it a pleasure to obey."
• Some thoughts of mine on an adoption I recently witnessed.
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We too often presuppose tomorrow's troubles and sorrows yet rarely pray for tomorrow's joys.

— Burk Parsons (@BurkParsons) September 30, 2014