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Questions about the nature of Christian leadership and authority, attitudes toward wealth and materialism, proper responses to cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage are not new. Paul addressed these issues in personal letters to Timothy and Titus as leaders of first-century congregations in Ephesus and Crete. What he had to say to them is as...

(4:7)* Paul’s testimony continues with a description (built from three phrases) of a life of faithful service that should be the goal of every believer. A dominant image in Paul is the Christian life and ministry as athletic competition. His readers were very familiar with the Olympic-type games and the high degree of training, endurance and discipline, let alone skill, that were required of the victor. So it is not surprising that Paul reflects on the course of his life in this way. He has fought the
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