Crossroads Community Church Doylestown

Right Leadership

Above Reproach
Husband of one wife
Children are believers and not wild and disobedient
Blameless
Not arrogant
Not quick-tempered
Not given to drunkenness
Not violent
Not greedy for gain

BUT RATHER
Hospitable
Loves what is good
Self-controlled
Upright
Holy
Disciplined
Holds firm to the trustworthiness of the Word of God as taught and rejects false teaching.

Am I growing in godliness?
Am I growing my character?

Sound teaching source is the Bible - (v. 10-11)
Sound teaching is meant to rebuke false teaching. - (v. 12-13)

Your emotions are a gauge, not a guide.

Confrontation with a Purpose
Protection
Clarification
Restoration
Separation

Prayer has a big part!
-Before we confront
-As we confront
-After we confront

The Surgeon of the Souls only cuts to achieve a cure.

Sound teaching comes from a sound life. - (v. 14-2:1)

What you fill your mind with will affect the way you think, the way you act, and the way you talk.