Session 11: The Real Power
Preparation Resources
1) Primary text: 1 Cor 1:22-25, 1 Thess 2;10-12, 19-20
2) Extended text (optional): Acts 18:1-21, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians chapters 1-2
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 9: Corinth 1
Discussion Topics
1) Primary text: 1 Cor 1:22-25, 1 Thess 2;10-12, 19-20
2) Extended text (optional): Acts 18:1-21, 1 Thessalonians, 1 Corinthians chapters 1-2
3) Paul, A Biography reading (optional): Chapter 9: Corinth 1
Discussion Topics
- Who were Priscilla and Aquila and why does Paul attach to them so quickly?
- How did Paul’s recent experiences shape the way in which he approached his missionary efforts in Corinth?
- How does Paul see the Thessalonian community as evidence that God was really at work in his ministry?
- Why is the return of Jesus so important to Paul’s theology, and how does Prof. Wright see it as evidence of Paul’s “counter-imperialism”?
- On what basis do the Jewish leaders accuse Paul in Acts 18?