http://reformeddeacon.com/authors/c.-nick-willborn/ Recent content in C. Nick Willborn on Readings in the Reformed Diaconate Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us http://reformeddeacon.com/the-deacon-a-divine-right-office-with-divine-uses/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-deacon-a-divine-right-office-with-divine-uses/ Excerpt While the work of the deacon is one of service to the poor and the widows; while the work of the deacon is one of serving tables and making distributions to those in need (thus, handling the monies of the church), we must never lose sight of the fact before us in Acts 6:3—the deacon is to be “full of the Holy Spirit.” It is not enough that a man be respected by or successful in the world, he must exhibit a deep spirituality if he is to be considered for the office of deacon. http://reformeddeacon.com/the-diaconate-gods-office-of-temporal-affairs/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-diaconate-gods-office-of-temporal-affairs/ http://reformeddeacon.com/the-gospel-work-of-the-diaconate-a-ministry-proportioned-in-number/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-gospel-work-of-the-diaconate-a-ministry-proportioned-in-number/ Excerpt Our charity towards the membership should be such that it makes the world outside her walls jealous for the faith, hope, and charity within. Thus, our deeds toward one another should and will promote our missionary enterprise among the lod and dying of the world. Do not be come discouraged with little or slow results. Continue your labor. Be faithful in small things. Remember that you are not accountable for the timing of the harvest, but for the labor.