A Letter to a Fractured Fellowship - a podcast by Grace Bible Church - Hollidaysburg

Paul’s message to the Church of Corinth is particularly relevant for us today. Our culture in many ways mirrors the Greek/Roman culture of Corinth. Products from all over the world came to Corinth. If you wanted it, you could get it in Corinth. The two great Greek athletic festivals were held in Corinth, the Olympian, and the Isthmian games.

Corinth was famous for its decadence. The immorality was extreme even in the pagan world of the Roman Empire. In classical Greek, the word corinthiazesthai meant “to behave like a Corinthian.” This was the name for gross immorality and drunken debauchery. Corinth had a high place called the acropolis rising 1875 feet above the city. It held the temple of Aphrodite, the goddess of love (sex). It contained about 1,000 priestesses who were ritual prostitutes.

The church of Corinth is similar in many ways to our church. The believers would have been prosperous for the most part. We as a congregation have certainly been materially blessed. We are a gifted congregation with many of you faithfully exercising your spiritual gifts and talents. The Corinthian Christians struggled with being in the world but not of the world. God led Paul to establish a church in this city on his 2nd Missionary Journey. Chapters 1-6 contain Paul’s rebuke for the sinful conditions in the church. Chapters 7-16 Paul is replying to specific questions. There was overall a spirit of division in the congregation which Paul will first address.

Daren Ritchey

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