The Message of 1 Timothy and Titus: the Life of the Local Church: Study Guide (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

Paul's concern is as pertinent today. Contemporary culture, John Stott points out, is being overtaken and submerged by relativism and pluralism – an attitude that all so-called 'truth' in fact can make no demand that others be converted to its particular view. The apostle's unambiguous commitment to the definite truth of the gospel is in stark contrast to the contemporary spirit, and his concern for its future needs to grip us today.