Any church leader who is unfamiliar with the content of Paul's urgent message in Acts 20 is not well equipped to lead and protect God's people.
Paul's farewell message to the Ephesian elders (Acts 20:17-38) is a precious gift from God. Nothing comparable can be found in the rest of the New Testament. This message still resonates today with the same force as when it was first proclaimed.
In this book, Alexander Strauch presents a thorough and practical study of this extraordinary section of Scripture. He explains why Paul's instructions and exhortations to the Ephesian elders are just as necessary today as they were that day on the shores of Miletus.
The truths of Paul's message cannot be overemphasized or repeated too often. The woeful ineffectiveness, for centuries, of attempts to protect the Church against the assaults of false teachers can be directly attributed to ignorance of this discourse or to disobedience to Paul's prophetic warnings to the Ephesian elders.