Sermon Tone Analysis

Paul as a Leader

Able to reach various audiences

Brilliant grasp of the OT

Supreme love for Christ and His message (; )

Authentic missionary passion - leap over cultural and racial barriers

All people were his concern.

Doesn’t care of a person’s wealth, status, or intellect.

Has the illumination and inspiration of the Holy Spirit.

Social Qualifications

above reproach

good reputation

Moral Qualifications

sexual faithfulness

temperate - not addicted to alcohol

Mental Qualifications

sound judgment

self-discipline

respectable

ready and able to teach

Personality Qualifications

solve problems rather than picking fights

Gentle, not a lover of controversy

Hospitality

Not covetous

Domestic Qualifications

ability to manage his own family

spouse share the aspirations and be willing to join in necessary sacrifices

Maturity

not a recent convert

stable in character, spiritual in outlook, and not ambitious for position

The importance of the above requirements for leadership in the Christian church are recognized even in secular circles.

Pagan Onosander described the ideal field commander: “He must be prudently self-controlled, sober, frugal, enduring in toil, intelligent, without love of money, neither young nor old, if possible the father of a family, able to speak competently, and of good reputation.”