So far this week I’ve written about six qualities that mentors possess based on 2 Timothy 1:1-14. Today I want to finish this series up with the last two characteristics. Quality number seven is that mentors are models. Mentors model behaviors, values, and attitudes to their proteges. “Hold on to the pattern of wholesome teaching…
Category: Mentoring
You Need a Mentor:: 3
Yesterday I offered the first three of eight characteristics of a good mentor, based on Paul’s relationship to Timothy. Characteristic number four is that a good mentor will inspire passion. The next two verses say, “This is why I remind you to fan into flames the spiritual gift God gave you when I laid my…
You Need a Mentor:: 2
This week I’m posting about the characteristics of a mentor, based on the mentoring relationship that the Apostle Paul had with his protege, Timothy. The first quality that a good mentor will possess is experience. “This letter is from Paul, chosen by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus. I have…
You Need a Mentor
Dr. Dale Hammond was one of my Bible professors at Hannibal LaGrange College. For some reason, Dr. Hammond took an interest in me. His first priority for me was to disciple me in the faith. But he wasn’t just a teacher, he was a mentor. I wouldn’t have known to use that term in 1984,…
