Well, take your Bibles and let’s go to the last of the pastoral epistles that I have not preached through, the book of Titus, the book of Titus. I’ve entitled this exposition “Beautifying the Bride, Part 3,” because 1 Timothy was about the local church, the bride being proper in function and in fashion, and 2 Timothy was about beautifying the bride, the local church in her function,...

Well, let’s take our Bibles and let’s go to Titus 1, all right? Titus 1. I did an introduction to Titus last time, and I centered in on Titus 2:14 because that’s kind of the hub of the wheel of all that Paul is getting at in writing this letter to his understudy Titus, his associate, his, um, subordinate who he has left on the island of Crete...

We’re in Titus 1. Titus 1. I begin, uh, this unpacking, this shrink-wrapped thing that is called a salutation where Paul just crams in here rich rich theology and this simple salutation that you could preach on for weeks and weeks and weeks. And we’re going to expand it some, but we have to use some restraint or we’ll never get through Titus and, uh, Titus is writing...

Grab your Bibles and let’s go to Titus 1 as we pick back up with our preaching through this New Testament epistle. It’s one of the pastoral epistles. I call it “Beautifying the Bride.” I guess part 3, because 1 Timothy was part one and, excuse me, 2 Timothy was part 2, and so this is the third of the pastoral epistles and, um, Paul is like with...

Let’s go back to Titus and let’s go to chapter 1 as we continue with this very practical book that’s written to a young pastor named Titus whom Paul has left in Crete. Uh, most likely a lot of, uh, Cretian Jews were at Pentecost and heard Peter’s preaching on the day of Pentecost and with many thousands of others, was converted and returned back to their homes...