Philip H. Towner highlights the timeliness of the pastoral epistles of 1-2 Timothy and Titus for Christians today--sorting through questions about leadership and authority, wealth and materialism, the lure of the cults, the role of women in the church, and even the validity of the institution of marriage.

Philip H.Towner (Ph.D.) is dean of the Nida Institute for Biblical Scholarship of the American Bible Society based in New York City. He is also Research Professor of New Testament at Ewangelikalna Szkola Teologiczna in Wroclaw, Poland, and the author of several books.