David Prior, in this fresh and gripping exposition, 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 Gods people in the increasingly urban world today,...
David Prior, in this fresh and gripping exposition, 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 Gods 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. 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.
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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 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. 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.
David Prior, in this fresh and gripping exposition, 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 Gods people in the increasingly urban world today,...
David Prior, in this fresh and gripping exposition, 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 Gods 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. 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.
-Publisher.
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 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. 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.
The Message of 1 Corinthians (2020) (Bible Speaks Today Series)$27.99
Prior provides a solid layman’s commentary on First Corinthians. He provides good exposition on most passages, with solid and helpful application, as is expected in this staple commentary set. Another reviewer somewhere else mentioned that it starts quite dry but becomes deeper and more engaging with time, I definitely second this.
Where he deals with contended topics and passages, he usually approaches with care, providing the reader with both sides of the argument. However, this was sorely lacking when he came to 1 Cor 14:34-36 (women “remaining silent”), where he only provides a few hundred words to seemingly argue “Paul couldn’t mean this”. I’d expect most readers would be disappointed to not have even a few of the historic and current views of this passage put forward, both Egalitarian and Complementarian.
