The Message of 1 Corinthians: Life in the Local Church: Study Guide (The Bible Speaks Today Series)

David Prior

ISBN 10: 0851109934 / ISBN 13: 9780851109930

Published by Inter-Varsity Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Message of 1 Corinthians: Life in the Local Church: Study Guide (The Bible Speaks Today Series)
• Publisher: Inter-Varsity Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851109934
• ISBN 13: 9780851109930
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In ancient Greece this phrase was an insult cast at vagrants, drunkards and sexual deviates. The city of Corinth was infamous as a center of intellectual pride and moral laxity. Any church planted there was bound to have problems. The Corinthian church was no exception.Snobbishness, factionalism, insensitivity to other believers, doctrinal lookseness and overexuberance all flourished in the Corinthian church. When the apostle Paul heard about the difficulties, he was grieved bcause he had founded the church and felt closely tied to it. He therefore wrote an intense and pointed letter.In this fresh and gripping exposition of 1 Corinthians, David Prior plainly shows the relevance of Paul's letter for our times. His hope is that all churches may better live out the lordship of Christ in today's cosmopolitan world.

About the Author

David Prior has pastored churches in Cape Town, South Africa, and Oxford, England, and has served as director of The Centre for Marketplace Theology in London.