Questions about the nature of Christian leadership and authority, attitudes toward wealth and materialism, proper responses to cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage are not new. Paul addressed these issues in personal letters to Timothy and Titus as leaders of first-century congregations in Ephesus and Crete. What he had to say to them is as relevant to us as today's newspaper headlines. Throughout this commenatary Philip H. Towner explains what each letter meant to its original hearers and its application for us today.

Questions about the nature of Christian leadership and authority, attitudes toward wealth and materialism, proper responses to cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage are not new. Paul addressed these issues in personal letters to Timothy and Titus as leaders of first-century congregations in Ephesus and Crete. What he had to say to them is as relevant to us as today's newspaper headlines.Throughout this commenatary Philip H. Towner explains what each letter meant to its original hearers and its application for us today.

Philip H. Towner highlights the timeliness of the pastoral epistles of 1-2 Timothy and Titus for Christians today--sorting through questions about leadership and authority, wealth and materialism, the lure of the cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage.