Titus: 1:5-16 Elders and Cretans

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Village Sermons podcast in Tucson, AZ, Pastor Eric Cepin continues our series through the Letter to Titus: Building a Community That Lasts. Eric explains why Paul urges Titus to appoint elders in Crete, and how faithful leadership brings stability and helps shape a community that stands apart from the surrounding culture. He then walks through the qualifications for elders, emphasizing that Paul isn’t only looking for gifted individuals, but for households whose life together is worth following, imitating, and learning from. Support the showThe Village Church’s sermon podcast is more than just a weekly message. It is an invitation into the great and ongoing story of God’s work in the world. Pastors Eric, Mark, Susan, Daniel, and other leaders open the Scriptures not as a collection of abstract ideas but as the living, breathing witness to God’s kingdom breaking into our midst. Each episode is a call—not merely to listen, but to take part, to step forward into the life of faith with renewed vision and purpose.Week by week, the pastors and leaders explore the deep rhythms of Christian discipleship—prayer, fasting, generosity—not as isolated duties but as part of a larger, richer, and more beautiful whole. They unpack these ancient practices in light of Jesus himself, the one in whom heaven and earth have come together. But they also turn their attention to the realities of everyday life—relationships, finances, the struggles and joys of being human—demonstrating how the gospel is not merely about what we believe but about how we live as God's renewed people in the present age.The Village [email protected] information at www.villagersonline.com