titus overview

The book of Titus is another pastoral epistle wherein the apostle Paul teaches Titus how to paster the church in Crete and encourages Titus in his faith.  In this episode, we look at the ways Paul taught Titus about church leadership as well as discuss what this book means for those who aren't pastors or preachers.

Information discussed in the podcast:

• Titus teaching a church in Crete (ESV)
  • Island in the mediterranean sea (now an island in Greece)
  • Notorious for violence and sexual immorality
• Titus was Paul’s “partner and coworker” (2 Cor 8:23)
  • Most likely converted through his ministry (Titus 1:4)
  • Greek Gentile background (Gal 2:3)
  • Spent time in Corinth and involved in the church there (2 Cor 8:6)
• Big ideas
  • False Teachers in the church
    • The leaders taught outward purity, but they lived in a way that proved they did not know God (1:16).
    • Gospel should produce godliness
  • Theme of belief and practice—you cannot have faith without also living it out. Unbreakable link between the two.