Titus must ask the older women to help the younger members of the congregation how to be wise, but also virtuous (verse 5). Virtuous is an unfamiliar rather old-fashioned word, but I suspect The Message translation got it right: 5By looking at them, the younger women will know how to love their husbands and children, […]
Read more20Oh, Timothy, don’t fail to do these things that God entrusted to you (The Living Bible). Do you know what God asks you to do? Do you know what you have to do for God? Yes, we know God has given each of us gifts. We know that He wants to use some of these […]
Read moreIt’s fairly easy to distinguish between right and wrong. We know it’s wrong to steal. We know it’s wrong to take someone’s life. We know God hates sin. It’s fairly easy to distinguish between actions that are in the light and those that are not. The problem arises when people start talking about grey areas. […]
Read moreOne of the biggest challenges in Paul and Timothy’s time was that a group of men came and made out that they had all the right answers. They preached wherever and whenever they could, but their message was not pure and led to many controversies and conflict. They were so sure of themselves that they […]
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