2 Corinthians 4, pt.1
Within this chapter, Paul continues his analogy that only those with a veiled mind have rejected the light of Christ.
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2 Corinthians 3, pt.2
To read the Old Testament as simply an historical narrative misses its entire purpose which is to point to the coming of Christ and the Church. Further, a rejection of the letter frees us from the dictates of the biblical law.
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2 Corinthians 3, pt.1
Have some thought about how our own witness to the gospel can be shaped by our particular circumstances, and how we might take some of the treasure of Paul’s letter(s) and apply it in our daily discipleship.
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2 Corinthians 1-2, pt.2
These setbacks in Cornith and Ephesus appear to have sent Paul into a depression, and out of this depression, Paul has a different perspective on the troubles of the Corinthian church, or at least a different tone.
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2 Corinthians 1-2, pt.1
Above all, though, we will pay close attention to how and why Paul’s experience of the resurrected Jesus led him to be such an effective evangelist.
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2 Corinthians – Introduction
This year we will be reading through 2 Corinthians. The study this summer will be led by Rob Donahue. Rob is a native of Grace Church in Charleston and is a rising third-year seminary student at Sewanee.
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Identity, pt.1
If we simply identify as “Christian” as a way of separating ourselves over and against the “ungodly” then, although our identity has changed, the nature of our identity as a means of exclusion remains. Unlike other identities, to identify as Christian means to identify with those who aren’t.
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Looking Through the Cross – The Cross and Wisdom, pt.2
As a foretaste of the following chapters, begin to think through how the great political issues of today look different through the lens of the cross.
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1 Corinthians 15:29-16:24
A surface reading of this verse leads to the interpretation that 1) members of the Corinthian congregation were being vicariously baptized for the benefit of those who had already died and 2) Paul has no objection to the practice.
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1 Corinthians 14, pt.2
These verses, at least in the modern context, challenge us in the use of proof-texting Scripture. Taking a particular verse of Scripture in which to build a position can be dangerous.
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