Widows
How godly Widows should act
Date: March 28, 2022
Passage: 1 Timothy 5:9–16
In this passage, Paul identifies two kinds of widows: those who should receive extra help from the church and those who should not. Here are Paul’s qualifications for worthy widows: (1) Not less than 60 Years old (v. 9). She should be elderly. The implication is that she would be gladly working …
IllustrationGeneral Philip Sheridan’s widow
In February 1958, the widow of General Philip H. Sheridan died in Washington. But General Sheridan died in 1888. From then until her own death his widow lived quietly in a house filled with …