We are fully familiar with the division of the Bible into two parts, or testaments, each of which appears to be a more or less self-contained collection of writings. It is necessary to bear in mind, however, that the New Testament refers broadly to “scri... Read More »

G. A. Studdert-Kennedy, reflecting on the reaction of an average man hearing the Apostle’s Creed in church, said; I can imagine a man feeling, as I did, that behind those great symbolic words there ought to lie an answer to the vast question of the world... Read More »

It is altogether appropriate that this issue of the Southwestern Journal of Theology which is focused on the ministry of preaching should be dedicated to Jesse Northcutt. Preaching in America during the last half of the twentieth century has been greatly influ... Read More »

They race to seminars, gather in living rooms, glue their ears to radios, take mail-order courses, collect tapes, glut their bookshelves with multiple volumes, traipse across the country to encampments, and rivet their eyes to blow-dried television preachers. ... Read More »

The proper use of illustrations in preaching is in need of syntheses, syntheses, plural, because there are many divergent views as to the various facets of the proper use of illustrations in preaching. There are preachers who have extreme dependence on illustr... Read More »

“Prayer Book of the Bible” is a fitting title for the book of Psalms because in these texts we hear worshippers of old talk with God. These marvelous poems encompass every human condition-joy and suffering, hope and care-and thus every Christian ca... Read More »

To speak of resurrection in I Corinthians means that, first and foremost, one must speak of the resurrection of Jesus. For Paul the resurrection of Jesus constitutes the very basis upon which we may speak about the resurrection at all. I Cor. 15 (especially vv... Read More »

Paul’s most detailed discussion of spiritual gifts is a response to questions addressed to him in a letter from members of the Corinthian church (12:1; cf. 7:1; 8:1). The exact nature of these questions is not known, but it can be reasonably inferred tha... Read More »

The ministry observed in I Corinthians is that of the apostle Paul and his associates, reflected in a letter written about A.D. 54 or 55 while he was in Ephesus ( I Cor. 16:8). Earlier Paul had established the church at Corinth, a cosmopolitan Greek city and c... Read More »

Introduction (1:1-9). I. Disorders imported to Paul by Chloe’s people; Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus; and Apollos (1:10-6:20). 1. Divisions in the church (1:10-4:21). (1) Fact of division (1:10-17). (2) Cause of division (1:18-4:13). i. Wrong conce... Read More »