Tag: culture

  • 3 Letters from the Apostle John

    The world cannot think of John without a picture of a young man next to JESUS who wrote,“God so loved the world…” Or Christians perhaps recall the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John on Patmos with little consideration of his age or the path of the Apostle leading him to this isolated Greek island. Three…

    3 Letters from the Elder John 3 paintings of the Apostle John as the Elder and one as a young Apostle of Jesus Christ
  • Am I not free? Religion 1 Corinthians 9

    Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? 1 Corinthians 9:1 New Heart English Bible Freedom and Religion Eric Kress outlines two main points of application from the previous chapter of 1 Corinthians 8: Paul’s 4 questions intertwined in…

    The Apostle Paul takes on religion in Corinth by asking 'Am I not free?'
  • A First Letter to the Corinthians Intro

    in the year of our Lord ano Domini 55 [A.D. 55] & in the context of the culture of Corinth Intro PREVIOUSLY in this Talk of Jesus series from CHURCH LETTERS – IS HE WRITING TO ME? we have glanced at a few of Paul’s LETTERS (Epistles) to the Church written during his just completed…

    The Apostle Paul most likely sent his first letter to the Corinthians from Ephesus