By Curtis Going One of the most significant relationships recorded in the pages of Scripture is the friendship between the Apostle Paul, missionary to the Gentiles, and a young man named Timothy who was converted under Paul’s ministry and later entered into pastoral service as Paul’s protégé. I and II Timothy record Paul’s direction and instruction to young Timothy. These two books of the Bible serve as an example of a mentoring relationship between a wise, experienced pastor and a young man...

By Garen Wolf A portion of II Chronicles 23:13 makes a statement that recently caught my attention as I was reading the twenty third chapter. A particular distinction of Levite teachers was pointed out as “…such as taught to sing praise.” I am intrigued by these teachers who yada halal (3045,1984). There are almost as many opinions about the correct rendering of yada halal as there are translators. Although some translators render this as leaders of praise, I see no reason to rule out the...