Monthly Archives: June 2026

We are continuing our series on the standards Paul set for leaders in Titus 1. It’s a challenging series, but Paul was a challenging person when it came to church leadership. He expected people to be above suspicion, to be faithful to their marriage and here we add another family based expectation: faithful children. ItContinue reading “Paul’s Standards for Leader 03: Faithful Children”

After laying the foundation that part of our role as leaders is to be blameless, to live a life where accusations do not stick, to care for others in our lifestyle, Paul immediately jumps to male-female relationships. I believe more church leaders, whether deacons, small group leaders, or national level leaders, have lost their credibility,Continue reading “Paul’s Standards for Leaders 02: A One Woman Man!”

You know one of the greatest distortions of the glorious message of grace is that there should be no standards for offices of leadership in the body of Christ. That we just pick based on smiles and talent. Worship leaders who don’t read their Bibles or ever listen to sermons. People taking the offering whoContinue reading “Paul’s Standards for Leaders 01: Blameless”