Covenant Reformed News – May 2024 • Volume XX, Issue 1
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines Titus 1:1 and the vital connection between sound doctrine and godly living, arguing that truth conducive to piety must be central to faithful preaching and pastoral ministry. The author emphasizes that biblical truth is not merely intellectual but produces genuine spiritual transformation and good works through God's grace, and contrasts this Reformed understanding with false doctrines like Wesleyan perfectionism and Pentecostalism. The piece is part of a four-part series designed to strengthen believers' confidence in the power of God's Word against modern pressures for superficial religious experience.
The Truth Is According to Godliness (4) The significance of the fact that “the truth … is after godliness” (Titus 1:1), i.e., is conducive towards, and leads to, piety, is underscored by its location in the Word of God. Most strikingly, this statement is found in the very first verse of one of the books of the Bible, being worked into its opening greeting. Second, it occurs in Titus, a pastoral epistle, a category of scriptural letters that also includes I and II Timothy. Clearly, apostolic...