The Message of 1 Corinthians: Life In The Local Church (The Bible Speaks Today New Testament) - Softcover

Prior, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1789741513 ISBN 13: 9781789741513

Publisher: IVP, 2020

Synopsis

<p><b>In this fresh and gripping exposition, David Prior writes first of all as a pastor. </b><br><br>His conviction is that 1 Corinthians is uniquely a tract for our times. His aim is that churches will recognise the problems and tensions inherent in being God's people in the increasingly urban world today, and not be ignorant of the true spirituality that is the work of the Holy Spirit. He wishes for each of them as a body to grow to express the total lordship of Christ.<br><br>For Paul, he points out, Corinth as a strategic test case: if the gospel of Christ could change lives there, it could do so anywhere. He saw in the Corinthian believers the rich resources for Christian ministry and mission that are present in every local church.</p>

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About the Author

David Prior has pastored churches in Surrey, Cape Town, Oxford and London. He is the author of a number of books, including <i>The Message of Joel, Micah and Habakkuk </i>in The Bible Speaks Today series. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Marketplace Theology, based in the City of London.

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In this fresh and gripping exposition, David Prior writes first of all as a pastor. His conviction is that 1 Corinthians is uniquely a tract for our times. His aim is that churches will recognize the problems and tensions inherent in being God's people in the world today, and not be ignorant of the true spirituality that is the work of the Holy Spirit. He wishes for each church as a body to grow in expressing the total lordship of Christ.

For Paul, he points out, Corinth was a strategic test case: if the gospel of Christ could change lives there, it could do so anywhere. He saw in the Corinthian believers the rich resources for Christian ministry and mission that are present in every local church.

David Prior has pastored churches in Surrey, Cape Town, Oxford and London. He is the author of a number of books, including The Message of Joel, Micah and Habakkuk in The Bible Speaks Today series. He was formerly Director of the Centre for Marketplace Theology, based in the City of London. He now works as an international consultant in marketplace ministry.

The Bible Speaks Today series covers every book of the Old and New Testaments, as well as Bible themes that run through the whole of Scripture. These revised editions are updated with contemporary language and Bible translations to help you to follow and to teach the Bible in today's world.

Edition details

• Publisher: IVP
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1789741513
• ISBN 13: 9781789741513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 311