Cheryl Schatz

Mark,
I have very little time tonight to respond. I will try to do so tomorrow.

The one question I have for you is your statement:

Paul in writing those letters was addressing a church and a pastor of a church.

Can you please point me to the documentation from 1 Timothy 1 where Paul is addressing a church? Also where do you get the idea from that Timothy is the “pastor” of the Ephesian church? Timothy was not the “pastor” but an apostolic representative who was in Ephesus temporarily to correct the problems. Paul didn’t leave Timothy behind to be the “pastor” but he was left behind to stop the false teachers from giving out their error. The book of 1 Timothy is a personal letter from Paul to Timothy to encourage him and give him some direction regarding problem people and problem situations. If you have any documentation that Paul was actually writing to a church instead of his “son” in the faith, then I would be willing to see what you have.