Navigating the Bible: 1 Corinthians

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“If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.  If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing.  If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is perhaps best known as having the “love” chapter that I just read from. But it’s a testament to the weight of this book that in our conversation today, we barely even touch on that chapter. In this letter, Paul is responding to things he has heard were going on at the church he started in Corinth. Think of a pastor who planted a church, had to go away for awhile, but starts hearing about a bunch of issues happening back at his church plant and has to respond to them. Our guest today likes to say that while 1 Corinthians isn’t considered one of Paul’s “pastoral letters,” it may actually be his most pastoral as we see him handling the business of the church. Paul covers a lot of ground in this letter, from issues of leadership and authority to spiritual pride and sin in the church, from instructions on public worship to spiritual gifts and finally ending with a beautiful treatise on the resurrection of Christ. To help us navigate 1 Corinthians is Dr. B.J. Oropeza, professor of Biblical and Religious Studies at Azuza Pacific University and Seminary and author of a commentary on 1 Corinthians.  Doable Discipleship is a podcast produced and hosted by Jason Wieland. It premiered in 2017 and now offers more than 450 episodes. Episodes release every Tuesday on your favorite podcast app and on YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/saddleback). Subscribe to the Doable Discipleship podcast at Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doable-discipleship/id1240966935) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/1Zc9nuwQZOLadbFCZCmZ1V) Resources Related to This Episode: https://www.amazon.com/1-Corinthians-New-Covenant-Commentary/dp/1610971043 Related Doable Discipleship Episodes:  Navigating the Bible: Romans - https://youtu.be/hQXntME3Goc Navigating the Bible: Acts - https://youtu.be/u7ujU81hvjU Navigating the Bible: John - https://youtu.be/0Q8CqUMoTdE Navigating the Bible: Luke - https://youtu.be/TKp9FbT3J2k Navigating the Bible: Mark - https://youtu.be/TfD2cHzAFmc Navigating the Bible: Matthew - https://youtu.be/TopzGlIuhYg Navigating the Bible: Malachi - https://youtu.be/Qiwoys1KAa8 Navigating the Bible: Zechariah - https://youtu.be/t3beJht6tZU Navigating the Bible: Haggai - https://youtu.be/pGFOmTPUgI4 Navigating the Bible: Zephaniah - https://youtu.be/VtKeFsLeG4M Navigating the Bible: Habakkuk - https://youtu.be/89l0HUQceIw Navigating the Bible: Nahum - https://youtu.be/USg64a6Kk8w Navigating the Bible: Micah - https://youtu.be/Tcm3HykhkS8 Navigating the Bible: Jonah - https://youtu.be/PxhIyhLSgJQ Navigating the Bible: Obadiah - https://youtu.be/jB6W-TM5Y-o Navigating the Bible: Amos - https://youtu.be/8DqVHu7leDU Navigating the Bible: Joel - https://youtu.be/Ilg6r300q4U Navigating the Bible: Hosea - https://youtu.be/nWZ4TuAUSRQ Navigating the Bible: Daniel - https://youtu.be/bnQ-PioWxfg Navigating the Bible: Ezekiel - https://youtu.be/hlg6gBYxqsg Navigating the Bible: Lamentations - https://youtu.be/6rrizlXeYXE Navigating the Bible: Jeremiah - https://youtu.be/lXPjWl8PdRk Navigating the Bible: Isaiah - https://youtu.be/NZJLaPkgEgs Navigating the Bible: Song of Songs - https://youtu.be/Sg0CYlNBVMg Navigating the Bible: Ecclesiastes - https://youtu.be/-Wr7LCh8F9E Navigating the Bible: Proverbs - https://youtu.be/DytRT5AsZg8 Navigating the Bible: Psalms - https://youtu.be/oZeesooAYUI Navigating the Bible: Job - https://youtu.be/14jaf2T1eCQ Navigating the Bible: Exodus - https://youtu.be/NB9UTpS1F3M Navigating the Bible: Genesis - https://youtu.be/ddhjMfOoasA Inspiring Dreams by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ]]>

Source: Rick Warren