12 Challenges Churches Face
These are just a few of the many problems that plague churches today, just as they plagued the Corinthian church in the first century. That's why, out of his great love and concern for this young church, Paul addressed these issues boldly, offering the Christians at Corinth much-needed admonition, instruction, and encouragement. If you have ever witnessed a church split or a denominational dispute, you know firsthand that the same sort of struggles impact our churches today.
In Twelve Challenges Churches Face, pastor Mark Dever-a leading authority on the subject of church health-tackles this and eleven other major challenges we must fight to overcome. These twelve challenges, if left unchecked, can cripple a church and stifle its ministry to a needy world. But if individuals and churches immerse themselves in God's Word and heed Paul's instruction, God will heal even the sickest church and transform it into a powerful vehicle for proclaiming the gospel of Christ.
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Top Highlights
“God separates people from the world by putting them in Christ Jesus.” (Page 14)
“Corinth was a major crossroads between the east and the west, between the southern portion of Greece and Athens and the northern parts of Greece. Ancient Corinth had been destroyed by the Romans in 146 b.c. A century later, in 29 b.c., Julius Caesar re-founded Corinth as a Roman colony. As a great trading center with mobile populations, it retained a reputation for immorality. Religions from all over the empire flourished in Corinth along with the newly resettled populations.” (Pages 12–13)
“It is always wise to begin by noticing evidences of God’s work in some-one you must correct, even if there are other issues looming larger in your mind. Pausing to remind another, and yourself, of God’s grace will make it easier for the erring one to hear the corrective words that you want to say, and it will also help you to have a more accurate perspective as you begin to discuss the need for correction.” (Page 23)
“There is a difference, with knowing, between exercising our rights and acting in love. So Paul challenges them to realize that the most important knowledge—knowledge of God—always brings with it humility rather than pride. To know God is to love him.” (Page 83)
“Other blessings he gave through the ministry of Paul and other preachers among them, but throughout these verses Paul constantly points the Corinthians to the one through whom they had been supremely blessed—Jesus Christ.” (Page 20)
- Title: 12 Challenges Churches Face
- Author: Mark Dever
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2008
- Logos Release Date: 2011
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible. N.T. 1 Corinthians › Criticism, interpretation, etc; Church; Sin › Christianity
- Resource ID: LLS:523AFC6C72ED1F342812CF832AE1DD7B
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-01-14T21:11:38Z