In the backdrop leading up to Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, the church at Corinth — which means a collection of house churches in Corinth — fell into divisions and factions.
Some of their divisions were over Paul. It looks like some preferred Apollos and others Peter. Each faction knew it was right, and the others, especially Paul, were wrong.
Leading New Testament scholar and commentator Scot McKnight describes that divisiveness Paul addresses in 1 Corinthians — with an eye on divisions in churches today. |
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July 15 — Two leading faith-based medical charities have banded together to bring healthcare services to under-resourced parts of Africa. Mercy Ships and Mission Aviation Fellowship, who worked together in 2014-16 in Liberia, will now bring surgery and other necessary care to Madagascar, which has only 1 surgeon per 100,000 residents. (Christian Today) |
| July 16 — Pilgrims are still making progress in Great Britain: Canterbury Cathedral remains a popular pilgrimage spot more than 600 years after Chaucer, and the 130 mile Pilgrim's Way also draws travelers looking for a less well-trod route than the Camino de Santiago in Spain. (Christian Today) |
| July 17 — The Orthodox church in Moldova, much like elsewhere in Eastern Europe, is increasingly divided between allegiances to Patriarch Kirill of Russia (an ardent Putin supporter) and local priests defecting in protest of Russia's offensive against neighboring Ukraine. (New York Times, paywalled) |
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