Freedom And The Corinthians-Part 9-End Times, Mission, And Marriage

About this episode

This episode discusses Paul's mission to the Corinthians and addresses the issues faced by the early church in Corinth.

In about 50 A.D., twenty years after Jesus Death Resurrection and Ascension Paul of Tarsus, one sent with authority by Jesus the Lord, to preach the Good News to the nations arrived in the City of Corinth, a prominent city of the Roman empire located on the trade route connecting the Aegean and Ionian seas. He immediately began announcing the Good News: "The Crucified Jesus is the True Lord of the world." Those believing the message were shepherded into house churches. Then Paul preached, taught and pastored in Corinth for 18 months before moving on to other cities of the empire. See Acts 18 In 53 A.D. Paul, now in Ephesus, receives letters from the Church at Corinth and from the household of a woman named Chloe, a leader in the church. These letters revealed alarming divisions, cliques, sexual immorality, lawsuits against fellow members, abuse of the Lord's supper, unbelief in the resurrection of Jesus, and much more within the Corinthian church. Making things worse, Paul was being mocked as a phony apostle by members of the church in Corinth. Paul writes the 1st letter to Corinth from Ephesus in 53 A.D. to address the beliefs and behaviors of this charismatic, but grossly…

People in this episode

Host: Jim Reynolds

Topics covered

• Paul's mission
• Corinthian church issues
• spiritual maturity
• Christian teachings
• end times
• marriage

Keywords

• Paul of Tarsus
• Corinth
• 1 Corinthians
• Christianity
• spirituality
• church divisions
• end times
• marriage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Roman empire

Books & works: 1 Corinthians

Places: Corinth, Ephesus

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