Mike addresses a listener question about teaching practice and theory in the light of the scriptures.

One of the most searching of the elder requirements is that he rule his own house well, having his children in subjection - does this mean a man must have children to be an elder? Why is this requirement necessary? Mike & Stephen show that this is because the church is likened to a family, not a business.

After a bit of a catch up Mike and Stephen give some Biblical advice for young people going to a new sixth form or college.

Mike and Stephen discuss three more elder qualifications in 1 Timothy 3:3.

Stephen goes solo, and walks us through the introduction to Paul's letter to Titus.

Mike and Stephen discuss what it means to be 'apt to teach' in 1 Timothy 3:2. Is it the same thing as having a teaching gift, or is it something else?

The next three criteria for elders/bishops are discussed by Mike & Stephen as they look at why they're important and what they should look like in practice.#churchleader #elders #deacons

Mike and Stephen continue their discussion on the qualifications for an elder pausing on the importance of an elder being the husband of one wife. What does it mean, why is it included in the qualifications given by Paul, and how has it been implemented (or not) in modern British evangelical churches?#churchleader #elders #deacons