Analysis of Church Leaders Qualifications



If anyone aspires,
Office of the overseer;
A noble task desires,
As trustworthy and sincere.

A bishop must be blameless,
Be vigilant and sober;
Having one wife God will bless,
Being of good behavior.

Not being drunken on wine,
Not violent but gentle;
And honoring the Divine,
Not being detrimental.

Not a lover of money,
Never being violent;
God provides him the honey,
To be patient and content.

He has to manage the house,
Giving children dignity;
In harmony with the spouse,
For ensuring gravity.

For if someone does not know,
How to manage his household;
He has to let the church show,
For how the Scriptures have told.

He must not be a novice,
Become puffed up with conceit;
Neutral showing no bias,
Anyone not to mistreat.

He must be reputable,
Well thought of by outsiders;
And being honorable,
Not provoking dividers.

Copyright ©2022 Richard Newton Sherrer


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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 873
Words 188
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 16

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Qualifications for Overseers 1 Timothy 3:1-7

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Written on October 02, 2022

Submitted by sir_ricky on October 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Richard Newton Sherrer

I was born and raised on a farm in Pennsylvania. It was a small family farm that was handed down through 8 generations of Sherrer men until my father; Newton just could not make a living from it any longer. He thought that I would make a better living away from the farm. So, I decided to join the Air Force in 1969 upon graduating from high school. I gained quite a bit of experience and insight on life while in the service. Even though I was only stationed on the east coast of the US, my Air Force career took me to Germany and Korea. After 20 years wearing of the blue uniform, I decided going in a different direction and found myself becoming very diverse in many different fields. Something still seemed missing to me after being separated from the service for about 10 years. The Air Force was a way of life for me, but really missed life in Korea. I found myself changing careers again. Poetry was an interest of his since my days in high school. With returning to the Lord, I felt motivated to write of my Christian beliefs. I started looking at Bible verses and reflecting on my own personal experiences. The Bible was found to be as true today as to when the various books were written. I could see much of what the Bible is teaching us as valid as every in modern time. It felt only natural to me on using his personal experience based on Bible verses and see much of my own life written in the Scriptures. God inspires me what to write about though. I do not claim to be an expert on God or the Bible. I am just a Christian who has become enlightened to write poetic verses from the Holy Scriptures. more…

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