http://reformeddeacon.com/authors/john-l.-girardeau/ Recent content in John L. Girardeau on Readings in the Reformed Diaconate Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us http://reformeddeacon.com/report-on-the-diaconate/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/report-on-the-diaconate/ http://reformeddeacon.com/the-importance-of-the-office-of-deacon/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://reformeddeacon.com/the-importance-of-the-office-of-deacon/ Excerpt The Church, therefore, which shuts up the channel of diaconal ministration must expect to be dwarfed in the development of experimental religion. More humble and less conspicuous their office may be than that of the elder; but it is not the less divinely warranted, nor is it unilluminated by the splendor of a glorious example. It is a striking fact that the Lord Jesus, in his sojourn on earth, did not occupy the outward seat of the ruler—he condescended to appear as a prisoner at the bar of the eldership of his own visible Church.