1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon (A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition)
Overview
A cult at work with the congregation. The role of women in the church. Money and materialism in Christian circles. Integrity in the ministry. It reads like a checklist of challenges facing today's church, but it's actually an index of the issues dealt with two thousand years ago in Paul's Pastoral Epistles. The overarching theme of these letters resonates with the church in our age too: the need for spiritual leadership.
Top Highlights
“A lifestyle of love flowing by faith from a pure heart along the path of good conscience is holiness in action.” (Page 38)
“Paul makes the same points here. His appeal is not for a legalistic plainness, although the passage has been read that way by some, but for an appearance that avoids excess and does not call attention to itself. True adornment, Paul argues, is a life of good deeds; that’s what the ‘well-dressed’ Christian woman should be wearing this and every year.” (Page 57)
“Hands are never holy unless the heart is also. And if the heart is not pure, prayer is merely spiritual posturing.” (Page 53)
“Paul’s encouragement to fan that gift into flame does not imply that Timothy’s fire had gone out or was about to do so. Even good fires need stoking, and spiritual gifts need development in order to increase their effectiveness. God never calls without equipping, and Paul encourages Timothy to take care of his equipment.” (Page 144)
“But Paul is saying that leaders should be above reproach in their self-control and that they should have an attitude toward money that not even their critics can fault. Leaders aren’t held to new spiritual principles, but they are held to greater accountability in the principles common to us all.” (Pages 71–72)
- Title: 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, and Philemon: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition
- Authors: Robert Black, Ronald McClung
- Series: A Bible Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition
- Publisher: WPH
- Print Publication Date: 2004
- Logos Release Date: 2009
- Pages: 173
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. Philemon › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 1 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 2 Timothy › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Titus › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:WESCOM75TI
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-04T17:47:58Z