{"id":61657,"date":"2025-12-01T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61657"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:44:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:44:44","slug":"best-commentaries-on-titus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-titus\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Titus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Chris Rappazini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Rappazini is an Associate Professor of leadership at Anderson University\u2019s Center for Leadership and Organizations and Founder of Faithful Steps Forward, which provides leadership coaching and training to pastors and business leaders. He has also served as the head of the Pastoral Studies program at the Moody Bible Institute, where he was on faculty for eleven years. Learn more at FaithfulStepsForward.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>John Calvin, Titus (Electronic ed. Albany, OR: Ages Software, 1998. Print. Calvin\u2019s Commentaries).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calvin\u2019s commentary will skillfully focus on intricate details like word studies, individual verse meanings, and Pauline writing styles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ben Witherington III, Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2010).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Witherington provides wonderful sources to consider. He will pull in the social structure, cultural norms, and historical meaning in captivating ways.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>N. T. Wright, Paul for Everyone: The Pastoral Letters: 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wright does an excellent job of looking at the text like a road map. He is looking for thematic patterns, how various areas of the book tie into each other, and the meaning and significance of the larger passages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. 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