First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love Defined, Part 3

by Wade Berry | Jan 4, 2021 | Faith & Heritage

For a couple of posts now, we have been laboring to understand exactly what we are talking about when we use the word “love.” We began by observing that love language can be used in association with the affinity one person has for another, the affection one person...

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love Defined, Part 2

by Wade Berry | Dec 7, 2020 | Faith & Heritage

Last time, we attempted to bring some clarity to our discussion of love by noticing the various phenomena associated with love language. Another way we can define a term is by noticing what words or phrases are considered to be its opposite. And when we turn to the...

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love Defined, Part 1

by Wade Berry | Nov 23, 2020 | Faith & Heritage

The Difficulty of Defining Love If we are going to understand what Paul is talking about in 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13, then we need to get some clarity and precision when it comes to the language we are using. With love, however, it turns out this is a more difficult...

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: What Is Christianity Really About?

by Wade Berry | Nov 2, 2020 | Faith & Heritage

The Lay of the Land 1 Corinthians 12-14 contains some of the most studied material in all of Paul’s letters. In these chapters, Paul uses the issue of spiritual gifts to bring out some points he wants to make about the nature of the church and about how it ought to...

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First century Church: Finding a Connection

by Wade Berry | Oct 19, 2020 | Faith & Heritage

One of the strangest paragraphs in all of the New Testament is.1 Corinthians 11:2-16.  And although 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 is quite a bit easier to interpret, it can be challenging for the average interpreter to make sense of how this paragraph is connected to the...