About Corinth...

Corinth was a key spot for God to lead Paul to. As we learned in class, it was a socio-economic center. it was the main sea passage for Rome to imort and export to all of Asia Minor Macedonia and the Mediterranean. Making Corinth a probable cultural melting pot. With this in mind, it is reasonable to think that Paul wanted to really lead Corinth out of thier culturally acceptable sins, beacuse the Church at Corinth was going to be the first view that many people would see of Christianity. Not downplaying the imortance of other epistles or their significance, but to me this seems like Corinth could have been the next Antioch of Seria and really had an impact on the world though missions. And being so closely connected to the Games... what a thought....

Another interesting thought that occured to me as we've been studing Corinth through class and in the Book review is how applicable the issues that Paul deals with are for American society. At first i thought that Corinth was a dispicable place with no morals, but there are even today places in America that promote such immoral behavior, and that Paul's message can still easily be used as a good example to fighta with a lead other Christians out of darkness.

I have heard of a youth pastor who had an affair and at first was not remorseful or repentant about it, but i can imagine that the words like those in First Corinthians really helped bring him back to fellowship with God.