“These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.” — Titus 2:15 Cyrus Comstock was born in December 1765 and lived his life in the Champlain Valley of New York. Cyrus was also an inventor. He designed the “Comstock…

“For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age” — Titus 2:11–12 In the ’70s, Ann-Lesley graduated from college and started her own…

“In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness” — Titus 2:7 A life of integrity is one that is not divided into compartments: James Cameron, the producer of the movie Titanic, said, “The Titanic is a metaphor of life. We are…

“Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.” — Titus 2:2 In 2006, Dr. Samuel Weinstein was the chief of pediatric cardiothoracic surgery at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. In May 2006, he traveled to…

“He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.” — Titus 1:9 Douglas Maurer, fifteen of Creve Coeur, Missouri, had been feeling bad for several days. His temperature was ranging between…

“Rather he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.” — Titus 1:8 In his book “Building Below the Water Line — Shoring up the parts of leadership nobody (but God) sees” author Gordon MacDonald tells the story of the building of…

“Since an overseer is entrusted with God’s work, he must be blameless — not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.” — Titus 1:7 Christian author Gary Thomas, in his book “The Beautiful Fight”, writes the following: “A businessman in a service industry grew…

“An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, a man whose children believe and are not open to the charge of being wild and disobedient.” — Titus 1:6 In May 2022, Dr. Charles E. Brown, a retired Mobile pastor, was falsely tied to the Southern Baptist Convention…

“To Titus, my true son in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.” — Titus 1:4 On November 4th, 1991, the Ronald Reagan presidential library opened in Simi Valley, California, about 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. The then five living…