A young church, planted in a deceptive and divisive culture, is poisoned by a deceptive and divisive false teaching that claims to be true Christianity. What is the antidote?

Having laid a gospel foundation for the churches in Crete, Paul tells Titus how to set up pillars on that foundation: elders who are Christ-like, not Zeus-like.

Paul pauses in his reconstruction program to highlight the specific dangers that are threatening the churches in Crete.

Paul tells Titus how to select and shape the heaviest, roughest living stones in the church.

Paul goes on to show how men and women are essentially equal, and equally essential.

Paul maps out a discipleship program for young men, one that leads towards service and freedom, away from self-indulgence and fear.

Paul cements the last stones into the walls of the church — and in the process, sets fire to the foundations of Roman society.

Paul finishes his Church Establishment Program by putting a roof on over the building.

Paul closes with a final clean-up of the construction site, and dedicates the completed building to the glory of God.