Blanchard First with Travis Markes

1. ‎Be self-controlled (v. 6).

2. Be a model of good works (v. 7).

3. Show integrity, dignity, and incorruptibility in teaching (v. 7).

4. Speak with sound speech that cannot be condemned (v. 8).

This week on the podcast we are discussing characteristics of beauty in the church, looking forward to the end of the principle of competing forces, and discussing a "taboo topic." Join us as we take the Next Steps together!

1. ‎Sound doctrine produces godly living (v. 1).

2. Older men should model godliness (v. 2).

Older men are to be:

*Sober-minded

*Dignified

*Self-controlled

*Sound in faith

*Sound in love

*Sound in steadfastness

3. Older women should model godliness and teach it to younger women (v. 3).

Older women are:

*To be reverent in behavior

*To not be slanderers

*To not be enslaved to much wine

*To teach what is good

4. Younger women should display the gospel through godly character and faithful homes (vv. 4-5).

Younger women are to:

*Love their husbands

*Love their children

*Be self-controlled

*Be pure

*Be workers at home

*Be kind

*Submit to their own husbands.

This week we are encouraging you to get involved in a Connect Group, trusting in Christ alone and his finished work on the cross, and calling out Hollywood for leading us to believe that you can advance a fumble... I promise, it will make sense! Join us as we take the Next Steps Together!

How do the elders and church protect the flock?

1. ‎By silencing false teachers.

*By teaching sound doctrine

*By exposing false teaching

*By exposing sinful behavior

2. By correcting those who have been led astray.

*By exposing sinful cultural patterns

*By confronting error and restoring believers to sound faith

This week on the podcast we are discussing what it looks like when we hold fast to the Word, encouraging you to be good Bereans, and having a pop quiz! Don't worry, it's only four questions! Join us as we take the Next Steps together!

1. ‎Hold firm to the Word of God

2. Teach Sound Doctrine

3. Teach the whole Counsel of God

4. Be willing to rebuke error

5. Be more concerned with faithfulness than popularity