Contending for the Faith: Why Christians Must Stand for Truth in a World of Tolerance and Apostasy

by Don Boys, Ph.D.

Timothy was bishop of the Ephesus church and disciple of the Apostle Paul who trained him to be a church leader. In A.D. 97, as the pagans were about to celebrate a feast called Catagogion, a festival in which they carried images of pagan gods through the streets, Timothy, severely reproved them for their ludicrous idolatry. For his fa…