As Goes the Preaching, So Goes the Church

Oceanside United Reformed Church

Paul's last letter to Titus contains instructions for Titus to organize Christians into congregations through sound preaching that produces sounds living. In our passage today, Paul gives Titus instructions for the kind of ministers of the Word he was to appoint on the island of Crete. What does this say to us about the centrality and importance of preaching today? THE PATTERN (v. 5)THE PRINCIPLES (vv. 6-9a)One over-arching principle (vv. 6, 7)His family (v.6)Five "negative" principles (v.7)Six "positive" principles (v.8)THE PROGRAM OF THE WORD (v. 9b)