At Edgewood Church , we are currently working our way through First Corinthians. The last two weeks we have been in Chapter 12. ( Chapter 12 Sermon 1 & Chapter 12 Sermon 2 ) There have been several eye-opening moments for me as I have studied my way through this book, but some of the biggest ones, at least from my perspective, have happened in this chapter. As we finish up Chapter 12 this week, I came across a summary statement in one of my commentaries that left me nodding my head in agreement, and then typing the entire thing out. I then read it to my wife because I was marveling at its implications on they way we do church. I have included the entire quote here... and I am obviously putting it here because I would like as many of my family and friends to read this as possible. You will see that I have included 6 paragraphs. They are the final 6 paragraphs from Ben Witherington III's chapter on 1 Corinthians 12. If you don't have a ton of reading stamina... The impo...
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