So far in this letter to the Corinthians, we have seen Paul introduce why he was writing to them. Though he was not present with them, word has come to him that there were divisions in the church. He started to explain to them that it is foolishness to quarrel over spiritual leaders. After all,…
Last time we looked at the greeting and the thanksgiving portions of this letter to Corinth. We found that the letter was from the apostle Paul and Sosthenes. Paul asserted the apostolic authority that was given to him by the will of God and not of his own doing. Paul thanked God for the work…
The Kingdom in the Epistles. Paul, Peter, and the other apostles were given a unique insight into the coming kingdom.
We can assume here that Hosea was a younger man, as the beginning of the book would have been around 753 BC. Hosea continued prophesying until 722, the year of the exile, and so we can safely assume that he was somewhere between 20 and 40 here at his marriage. It was not uncommon for…