Obadiah, the Protodeacon, and the OPC

What would you call a man who uses his administrative skills and organizes others to provide for the needy, especially in the household of faith? This sounds like a deacon!

If you enjoy reading the dramatic account of Elijah confronting wicked King Ahab and his prophets, you might also realize that this description sounds a lot like the Obadiah described in I Kings 18. The account is pithy and fascinating: “And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly, and when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) I Kings 18:3-4