This is our final day looking at Paul’s letter to Titus. It follows on directly from yesterday (Titus 3:1-5) when Paul reminds us to live as model citizens of our world, interacting with the wider society considerately and gently – after all, it’s only by God’s mercy that we’ve been saved from their hopeless state… Continue reading Titus 3:6-15

We move to the third and final chapter of Paul’s letter to Titus. Again, we find Paul giving some instruction to Titus about the kind of behaviour he was to teach, followed by a theological reason/motivation for it. The “behaviour” section is straightforward enough, and it focuses on how believers relate to the wider world:… Continue reading Titus 3:1-5

We’re continuing our series in the letter of Paul to Titus. Thus far, there’s been a lot of instruction about the character of the people Titus appoints to be elders, and the kind of behaviour he should teach and model to various groupings within the church. Today, we change gear and talk about the reason for… Continue reading Titus 2:11-15

We’re continuing our series in the epistle of Paul to Titus. Over the past two days, we saw Paul give instructions on what to teach the older men in the church on Crete, followed by the (more controversial) instructions concerning the teaching of women. But in both cases, the principle seems to have been: live… Continue reading Titus 2:1-10 (part three)

We’re continuing our series in the epistle of Paul to Titus. Yesterday, we saw Paul give instructions on what to teach the older men in the church on Crete. Today, we move to the (more controversial) instructions concerning the teaching of women. (You need to have read yesterday’s post for today’s to make sense.) Let’s… Continue reading Titus 2:1-10 (part two)

We’re continuing our series in the epistle of Paul to Titus, who was left on the island of Crete to appoint elders and instruct/model how to teach sound doctrine and godly behaviour. In chapter 1, we saw how elders were to be of good character (in order to model right behaviour) with the ability to teach… Continue reading Titus 2:1-10 (part one)

We continue our series in the book of Titus. Last week, we looked at the character traits of the elders Titus was to appoint on the island of Crete. This week, we see the opposite: what the false teachers are like, from whom Titus must protect the church. Titus 1:10-16 For there are many rebellious… Continue reading Titus 1:10-16

We continue in our series in Titus. Over the past two days we’ve been sorting out the worms that jumped out of the can when we read about the characteristics of elders in Titus 1:5-9. The final part of that passage is important, but probably a bit less controversial. Titus 1:8-9  Rather, he must be… Continue reading Titus 1:4-9 (part three)

We continue in our series in Titus. Yesterday, we opened up a can of worms by looking at the characteristics of elders in Titus 1:5-9. We looked at a few of the worms, but there are still plenty more left today.  But first, read the text again to remind yourself of what we’re discussing: Titus… Continue reading Titus 1:5-9 (part two)

We continue in our series in Titus, which began yesterday. Having given a preview of what the letter will be about (what it means to be a faithful, godly servant of God our true saviour) Paul begins by telling Titus his main reason for writing: to authorise him to appoint faithful, godly servants of God as… Continue reading Titus 1:5-9 (part one)