Lively scholarly interest in 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus is evident with the publication of a dozen commentaries on these letters in the last fifteen years as well as in the Society of Biblical Literature meetings. Contemporary Christianity is called upon to explain and apply the meaning of the gospel in a postmodern culture. How shall the contemporary church deal with philosophical, social, and cultural differences as it applies the gospel in today’s world? What is the task of the ordained