When the Bible speaks of goodness, it is often in relation to good works. I will never forget the time when I was studying the book of Titus, which is where older women are instructed to teach younger women to be good. I started the study because the book had seemed to me to be such a hodgepodge of random topics. I couldn’t see how the book all tied together. I spent over two weeks reading through the book everyday over and over, praying that God would help me understand it a

There is, of course, much more to the word good than the goodness of God displayed in creation. Goodness is full-orbed and many-dimensional. Like all the characteristics of God, it is holistic. When God instructs us to be good, He is first of all calling us to the goodness of character. As we saw in the last blog, God’s essential nature is good. He never calls us to something other than what He Himself is, for His goal in redemption is to conform us to His very own image. He

Shortly after my husband died, I read a book on widowhood by Joyce Rogers. One sentence in her introduction caught me up short and...

I wrote previously (April 2, 2019) that "keepers at home" can also be translated "workers at home." The word keeping carries the...

As women who claim to be followers of Jesus Christ, God calls us to the most important task of being a keeper (guardian) and worker at...

The fifth life practicum older women are to teach younger women is to be "homemakers." That's how the NKJV translates the compound Greek...

Becoming chaste women of God has two sides: a turning to and a turning away from. We turn our faces, our lives, our focus toward the face...

This fourth blog on what it means to be chaste has been a while in coming due to two weeks of unexpected travel, but at last I'm getting...

Probably the most common understanding of chastity is "sexually pure." I had primarily connected this definition with virginity, and it...

After taking most of December off to get other writing done, I am returning again to Titus 2 and the study of the word chaste. My first...

The fourth quality that should characterize us as women of God, which older women are to teach younger women, is chastity. When I first...

Throughout this month we have looked at the word discreet through several different lenses. The first Titus 2 blog in November looked at...

Last week, in attempting to dig deeper into the meaning of discreet, I wrote about being circumspect and tactful. The Webster's New...

The nuances included in the word discreet are many. As I wrote last week, the word discreet is loaded with meaning. It is a very...

As this is the first Wednesday of a new month, I am going to move on to the next topic in Titus 2 that older women are instructed to...

Before having children and even when our babies are small, most of us think phileo love comes naturally. And in many ways it does....

One of the most loving things we can do for our children is to teach them to work. Life is primarily made up of work. Our human nature...

Children take time. Children need time—our time. It's not enough to feed and bathe and clothe them. Meeting a person's basic needs...

Love for our children can be expressed in many ways, but in my opinion three clear action items top the list. These three things help us...

This month in my Titus 2 blog, I want to turn our attention to the second topic older women are to teach younger women: loving your...