Greetings and Thanksgiving Paul wrote this letter to the Church in Corinth while he was
visiting Ephesus during his third missionary journey (Acts 19:1-
20:1). While in Ephesus he had heard about problems in the
Corinthian Church. He knew it well because he had spent 18
months there during his second ...
Divisions in the Church The first problem Paul addresses in the church at Corinth is
division. He introduces the thoughts of this passage with an
appeal for unity. Paul is emphasizing that as Christians we are a
part of God’s family and share a unity that runs deeper than that
of blood brothers and sisters. To speak ...
The Message of the Cross It is interesting to see how Paul approached this problem of
division in the church. First, he pointed to the unity of Christ:
there is one Savior and one body. Then he reminded them of their
baptism, a picture of their spiritual baptism into Christ’s body (v.
17). The true condition of the Corinthian ...
Glory Only in the Lord It was Abraham Lincoln who said, “God must have loved the
common people, since He made so many of them.” I would
modify that to say, “God must have loved the common people,
since He made the way of salvation plain enough to be grasped
by all.” From the human viewpoint, wisdom, ...
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Greetings and Thanksgiving
Paul wrote this letter to the Church in Corinth while he was visiting Ephesus during his third missionary journey (Acts 19:1- 20:1). While in Ephesus he had heard about problems in the Corinthian Church. He knew it well because he had spent 18 months there during his second ...
Divisions in the Church
The first problem Paul addresses in the church at Corinth is division. He introduces the thoughts of this passage with an appeal for unity. Paul is emphasizing that as Christians we are a part of God’s family and share a unity that runs deeper than that of blood brothers and sisters. To speak ...
The Message of the Cross
It is interesting to see how Paul approached this problem of division in the church. First, he pointed to the unity of Christ: there is one Savior and one body. Then he reminded them of their baptism, a picture of their spiritual baptism into Christ’s body (v. 17). The true condition of the Corinthian ...
Glory Only in the Lord
It was Abraham Lincoln who said, “God must have loved the common people, since He made so many of them.” I would modify that to say, “God must have loved the common people, since He made the way of salvation plain enough to be grasped by all.” From the human viewpoint, wisdom, ...