A unique series designed to bring detailed scholarship of the Scriptures and contemporary application together in one volume, explaining not only what the Bible means, but also how it speaks to us today.

This volume of the NIV Application Commentary Series, helps readers learn how the message of 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus can have the same powerful impact today that they did when they were first written.

What are the traits to look for in a Christian Leader? How do those qualities relate to the realities and concerns of life in the Christian community? In Paul's letters to Timothy and Titus, the apostle describes the earmarks of leaders in the church. Capable, godly leaders need to be sound in character which has been proved in life's everyday realities. They must promote the simple powerful, and uncompromising central doctrines concerning Jesus and salvation, and they must confront and correct teachings and practices that oppose those truths. Finally, leaders should be deeply relational - for the church is people bound together in love of Christ and of one another. Paul himself writes not only with the authority of his position, but at times with the deep emotion of a father for his children.

Skilfully bridging the centuries, Walter Leifeld connects past context to contemporary circumstances, helping readers to grasp the meaning and significance of Paul's letters and apply them to the concerns all of us face today.