The apostles Peter and Jude wouldn't have made good postmodernists.
In words that are sometimes harsh but always imbued with hope in God's transforming power, Paul corrects, rebukes, warns, and teaches the Corinthians about the shape of new life in the body of Christ.
Just as God spoke to the original audience, so he still speaks to us through the pages of Scripture.
Those who study of the book of Revelation usually view it from any of several positions regarding a time of tribulation, the rapture of the church, and the thousand-year reign of Christ on earth.
Christians by their very nature are countercultural.
Paul begins, of course, by stating the obvious ; each against them. But the does much more.
Paul's Ephesians shines with the briliant reality of what being a Chrristian really means.
The Augsburg Commentary On The New Testament is written for laypeople, studentts, and pastors.
In Galatians, Paul reminds us of the total sufficiency of Jesus in securing our salvation, and of the leadership of the Holy Spirit for living it out.
If anyone deserved the respect of the Corinthian believers, it was the apostle paul.