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Mentoring in the New Testament (5 of 5) - Paul and Timothy

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2, Barnabas and John Mark, Priscilla & Aquila and Apollos This is the final example in this series on Mentoring in the New Testament. In this series, we have not looked at the mentoring of Jesus, because truthfully His […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (4 of 5) - Priscilla & Aquila and Apollos

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul – Part 1, Barnabas and Paul – Part 2, Barnabas and John Mark Who were Priscilla and Aquilla? (Acts 18:1-2) Tentmakers who used their lives in a great way to help get churches planted. They gave Paul a place to stay while he was church planting in […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (3 of 5) - Barnabas and John Mark

Other posts in this series: Barnabas and Paul - Part 1, Barnabas and Paul - Part 2 John Mark came from a Godly family.  His mother was Mary, the lady who held the prayer meeting for Peter when he was in prison (Acts 12:12).  His cousin was Barnabas (Colossians 4:10).  He was given great privilege […]

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Mentoring in the New Testament (1 of 5) - Barnabas and Paul - Part 1

Recently, I wrote a series of posts about Mentoring in the Old Testament.  The next series of five posts will cover some examples of mentoring in the New Testament.  The first example is that of Barnabas and Paul. 1. Barnabas was the ideal mentor because he was an encourager. He was part of the multitude […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament Notes

Last week, I finished a seven-part series on my blog called “Mentoring in the Old Testament.”  The series comes from a class I taught in June at the Our Generation Training Centre.  You can access all seven parts of the series below as well as download the entire series in a PDF. I hope that […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (6 of 7) - Jonathan and David

Other posts in this series: Introduction, Jethro and Moses Part 1, Jethro and Moses Part 2, Moses and Joshua, Moses and Caleb, Samuel and Saul Jonathan and David were friends, but much more than that.  Jonathan was most likely older than David and certainly of a higher status, but he was willing to do everything […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (5 of 7) - Samuel and Saul

Other posts in this series: Introduction, Jethro and Moses Part 1, Jethro and Moses Part 2, Moses and Joshua, Moses and Caleb Saul was a young man with great potential and much natural ability.  Saul started out well relying upon his natural ability, but his reign quickly deteriorated due to a lack of character and […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (4 of 7) - Moses and Caleb

Other posts in this series: Introduction, Jethro and Moses Part 1, Jethro and Moses Part 2, Moses and Joshua Relevant Scripture Passages: Num. 13; 14:6–9; 34:16–19; Josh. 14:6–15. The mentoring of Moses is not something that is directly described in the Bible but more implied.  It is very possible that Moses groomed Caleb for leadership, […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (3 of 7) - Moses and Joshua

Other posts in this series: Introduction, Jethro and Moses Part 1, Jethro and Moses Part 2 There are quite a few passages that deal with the relationship of Moses and Joshua.  I would encourage you to look at each, but here is a summary of what we learn from their mentoring relationship. 1. Joshua was […]

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Mentoring in the Old Testament (2 of 7) - Jethro and Moses - Part 2

Other posts in this series: Introduction, Jethro and Moses Part 1 This is part two of a look at mentoring lessons from Jethro and Moses.  We already observed that:  1) the foundation of mentoring is a close relationship, 2) the only way a mentoring relationship will work is for there to be transparency, and 3) […]

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