Day 69: Titus 1-3. A short, personal Letter
Titus and the next letter we will read are similar in some ways, and very different in some others. Titus is a church letter. Philemon may also have been, but that's not why Paul is writing to him. Paul is writing to Titus in his role as a leader of a church. The letter to Titus does not seem as personal. It is concerned with church order and everyone's behavior. Paul does not want the congregation members to give offense in the community, so advices master and slaves, older men and older women, and advises the congregation members to live in peace in the community as well. Paul seems to be concerned that no one make waves -- he doesn't seem like the same person who once healed a slave girl who was possessed by a demon, because she was following them around and shouting. He doesn't seem like the same person who made waves everywhere he went, until people say, "These people who have turned the world upside down have come here also!" But somet...