from his soul, a godly mother and grandmother were pointing him toward the sunrise of truth. Apparently in this three-generation Jewish family, there had been a genuine reverence for the Old Testament. And Jesus had declared that much “is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms” (Luke 24:44). By piling the kindling of Scripture around young Timothy’s heart, his family had readied him for the Holy Spirit to light the flame of evangelical understanding. If a time line were