You're listening to the Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender.

As he continues talking with friends and colleagues about specific passages of scripture

that intrigue them, Dan is joined by Dr. Angela Parker, assistant professor of biblical studies

at the Seattle School, to talk about 1st Corinthians 4, 8 through 13, and what it means to

foster meaningful, nuanced conversations in the midst of difference.

Well, one of my most favorite faculty to play with Dr. Angela Parker, Angela, thank you again for joining us.

Thank you for having me. It's always a pleasure to sit with you, Dan.

Thank you. Well, one of the things I asked was that you pick a passage that means a lot to you.

Yes.

And so you pick one out of the Corinthian epistles.

And I have always been very drawn to first and second Corinthians.

So I was kind of happy.

And then you pick one that I just have to tell you, we could go well beyond our 20-some-minute spectrum.

So, yes, we could.

Jump in.

All right.

Read the passage for us.

And then I have so many questions.

Wonderful.

Well, I'm reading from the NRSV version.

And Paul has basically begun the letter to the Corinthians with his greetings

as standard and normal and begun to think about some of their differences in their particular

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