Living Out Titus 3 in America in 2021

Jeff Norris and Eric Ryan discuss how to live out Titus 3 in today’s cultural moment. They reflect on themes from the “Salt and Light” series and how grace shapes the way we engage the world around us.

Quotes:

• “God really did give us instructions on how to set up a church and how to lead a church and what those leaders should look like. He’s writing to His people through Paul to Titus, and it kind of overflows into what the people should look like in that city as a whole, with those leaders set up.” — Eric Ryan
• “We live in a culture where everybody is doubting leadership of any kind. And I think oftentimes we doubt leadership, but we never take the time to actually trace where that leadership is coming from. And we can literally trace the leadership in this passage from God himself through the apostles, onto Paul, then through the two of these elders to set up this church.” — Eric Ryan
• “Here in America, (we see) failed leadership and poor leadership of leaders who get sucked into selfish ambition and whatever it may be. And they fall either through their morality or whatnot. And no leader—no human, fallen, sinful leader—is beyond that. So we have to constantly remember and submit ourselves to the authority of the elders, and (remember) how important and critical that is.” — Jeff Norris
• “We have a posture of radical dependence. We have a purpose of kingdom flourishing. We do it in the power of the Holy Spirit. We say, ‘Well, it’s pretty simple,’ but it’s profound and it’s not easy. The plan is spiritual multiplication. The plan is discipleship because that’s the plan that we see in scripture.” — Jeff Norris

Related Resources:

• Union with Christ by Rankin Wilbourne
• Perimeter Membership Classes
• Discipleship at Perimeter

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