Tag: contextualization
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The Idolatry of the Modern Church
Paul writes to the Corinthian church, admonishing the congregation toward unity through maturity. Leading into this pericope, Paul expounded on Christian liberty and responsibility—referring to himself as a voluntary slave to all people and admonishing the local church to relate to those who are of the world for the sake of the Gospel. Further, Paul…
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Look at Those Gluttons, Drunkards, and Hellians
Paul is writing to the local church at Corinth to admonish the congregation toward unity through maturity in the faith. He expounded on Christian liberty and pay for pastors. Now, he writes about the Christian as a voluntary slave even though he is free. Basic Christian servanthood means much for the way we treat others.…
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Be All Things To All People
In 2014, I worked third-shift at a grocery store. Most of my coworkers did not know Jesus. One coworker loved the television show Breaking Bad. If you don’t know Breaking Bad, it is a television show about how a chemistry teacher becomes a meth synthesizer and dealer. I neither had interest in watching the show…
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The Missionary, part 3: The Priority of Preaching and Reasoning
Acts 9:26-31 After this three-year period, Paul fled Damascus and went to Jerusalem where the apostles and some other disciples were. They did not accept him until Barnabas affirmed his conversion. Paul spoke out boldly in the name of Jesus, talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews. Paul was given such a heart that he…