The pacing is strong, the characters are believable and engaging, the setting comes alive, and the footnotes (a rarity in novels since the days of Walter Scott) are kept at a minimum in A Week in the Life of Corinth (IVP Academic, 2012), New Testament scholar Ben Witherington III’s new venture into didactic fiction.
The story follows Nicanor, trusted freedman of the Erastos who was aedile in Corinth (Romans 16:23) in about A.D. 52. Nicanor is a twentysomething pagan with a talent for business. He maintains a close friendship with the Christian family of Erastos. At the time of the story, Erastos is running for the office of aedile. His opponent, the villainous Aemilianus, is nasty, churlish, and homicidal. But more than politics is going on: Here also is an account of a temple feast and a glimpse of a gladiator school. Witherington’s account of the Apostle Paul’s trial before Gallio (Acts 18) in...
Jim Lincoln wrote: The truth is better than fiction. I would suggest you listen to the 1 Corinthians Series and I would think the sermon, Who Is A Carnal Christian? would be a particularly useful sermon for this SA thread. By the way, there is no such thing as a carnal Christian. 1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?---NASB
ahh but there are Christians who are carnal in their actions, see the verses you quote. That is why we must put on the Lord Jesus Christ and make no provision for the fulfillment of the lust of flesh.
The truth is better than fiction. I would suggest you listen to the 1 Corinthians Series and I would think the sermon, Who Is A Carnal Christian? would be a particularly useful sermon for this SA thread. By the way, there is no such thing as a carnal Christian.
1 Corinthians 3:1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, 3 for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men?---NASB
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