The book of Titus is one of my core books of the Bible. It is packed with good teaching. It has a nice mixture of doctrinal truth and a call to conduct ourselves in such a way that people see the gospel lived out. It has important leadership lessons and worldview implications. And ... it is short and easy to read.
My blogging comrade, David, at Through A Glass Darkly concurs. We have agreed to co-blog through the book of Titus. We will discuss nuggets of truth from Paul's epistle and add our own reflections. We will interact with each other as we go along. We will also weave in wisdom from Titus: Apostolic Leadership, a book in Clinton's Biblical Leadership Commentary Series.
When C.S. Lewis wrote he said:
"This is not a work of scholarship. I am no Hebraist, no ancient historian, no archaeologist. I write for the unlearned about things in which I am unlearned myself. If an excuse is needed (and perhaps it is) for writing such a book, my excuse would be something like this. It often happens that two schoolboys can solve difficulties in their work for one another better than the master can."
... and adds later ...
"The fellow-pupil can help more than the master, because he knows less. The difficulty we want him to explain is one he has recently met. The expert met it so long ago that he has forgotten."
I approach the Titus series with the same attitude. I write for the unlearned about things in which I am unlearned. I am not a professional theologian or Bible scholar. I have not been to seminary. I am a dad, a husband, a golfer, a tennis player and an IT wonk. David is a dad, husband, golfer, blogger, musician, philosopher, teacher and a legal wonk.
What we share in common is that we are followers of Jesus Christ who are committed to glorifying God and adorning the gospel of truth. We are truly schoolboys and not experts, but you never know what two schoolboys might uncover that the experts have long since forgotten.
Now, in words of Aslan, "further up and further in!"
I will be looking forward to this
Posted by: lheard | November 04, 2005 at 08:02