Download e-book for iPad: The Better Way: The Church of Agape in Emerging Corinth by Ron Clark

whilst Paul got here to Corinth he came upon a tradition rising from the ashes of Roman strength. As Julius Caesar rebuilt the fallen urban he introduced Roman tradition to this Greek neighborhood. Likewise, Paul's message of salvation in Jesus rebuilt the fallen lives of individuals ruled by means of a tradition of energy. This energy was once displayed in violence, discrimination, sexuality, and spirituality. As this urban emerged from the ashes of humiliation the church emerged, via God's hand, from of the humiliation of Jesus and the cross.

Today the church emerges in a tradition of strength, humiliation, and worry. Paul's problem for the church is to be mature and perform unconditional love. This love is everlasting. This love develops and empowers others. This love explanations us to be in courting with God and others. via this love God's humans see nose to nose. The church can emerge to radiate love, peace, and empowerment.

"In Ron Clark's skilled palms, the frustrating Corinthian church turns into a laboratory the place the twenty-first century church learns back the right way to be a nation of affection. The Apostle Paul and Ron Clark subscribe to arms to aid us locate our approach to church within the twenty-first century USA."
--Kent L. Yinger
George Fox Evangelical Seminary

"I learn and discovered from Ron Clark's research of I Corinthians, simply because he took care to check the unique context of this significant letter, but in addition took at the tougher job of bringing the real dialogue of inauspicious themes into the current context. will probably be an invaluable examine for ministers."
--Wendell Willis
Abilene Christian University

"This ebook sincerely displays Dr. Ron Clark's abiding dedication to contextual theology and an incarnational version for Christian ministry . . . The booklet is principally designed for these concerned with or exploring city ministry in a Post-Christian global . . . these eager to see how this Pauline textual content of Scripture may possibly tell present nation ministry in an city panorama will benefit from interpreting the higher Way."
--Rick Oster
Harding University

Ron Clark is the lead church planter for the Agape Church of Christ in Portland, Oregon the place he's energetic in neighborhood enterprises in household violence, sexual attack, and homeless matters. he's the writer of atmosphere the Captives unfastened: A Christian Theology of family Violence.