Tell City Nazarene Church's Biblical Journey
With Pastor Charles Areson
Today's reading is Titus 1-3 and Philemon
If you have a problem group, you send your strongest leader to deal with it. A weak leader will be quickly destroyed by a group of strong-willed people. Titus had been sent to Corinth, which tells me that Paul had great confidence in this young man. This letter isn't filled as much with sentimentality but gives Titus a lot of practical advice.
The first major piece of practical advice is the qualifications for leaders (elders/bishops). Motivational speaker John Maxwell has often said that "everything rises and falls on leadership." Though I don't think it is as simple of having the right single leader (leadership is more than one person), it is true that the head person does have a lot of influence. If the main leader is wrong then it is harder for those under them to make as big an influence as they might.
Look at the qualifications. This is the list which bishops/elders need to meet, but if we are honest isn't this the list (life) every Christian should be aiming for?
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