The Corinthians were enamored with human wisdom, innovation, ingenuity, methodology, and cleverness. Their love of these human qualities drove the conflict in the church because they were crediting the apostles and other church leaders with greatness (or lack thereof) based on human value systems. That is why Paul puts forward his example of ministry so his readers might have a relentless focus on Christ and submit to the gospel of Jesus and His way of living it out in the church.
(Robb Brunansky – The Cripplegate) What is your philosophy of ministry?
A philosophy of ministry is simply an explanation for how and why one conducts ministry. While every church, pastor, and spiritual leader has a philosophy of ministry, not everyone can articulate what it is. Nevertheless, something is driving the what and the why, even if people are not fully cognizant of those underlying factors themselves.
The apostle Paul had a very intentional philosophy of ministry as we see in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 – and into chapter 2. He knew exactly what he was appointed to do (preach the gospel), and he knew that he was called to do it in a certain way for certain reasons (not called to preach in cleverness of speech). It was Christ who commissioned Paul to preach the gospel. Paul was not at liberty to preach whatever way he thought might be most effective, powerful, or persuasive. Paul was constrained to preach a certain message using a certain method. If Paul changed the message or the method, then he would be unfaithful to his calling.
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Purpose Driven, Seeker Sensitive, Market Driven
CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18.