Reading Other People's Mail: Text in Context (6/1/25)

01/06/2025 5 min

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Episode Synopsis

My first name is Frank. I only use that name in legal documents. When I need to sign papers, I usually write "F.Belton Joyner, Jr." Because of that, I often get scam mail or bulk mail that addresses me as "Dear F."The choice of names is interesting. My father, myself, my son, and my first grandson all have had the name"Frank Belton." All of us have used the name "Belton."I mention all of this about names because I noticed in this week's focal text from 1 Corinthians that Paul nameslots of people: Paul, Sosthenes, Stephanas, Fortunatus, Achaicus, Aquila, and Prisca. It is clear that personalrelationships in the church family were important to Paul. Those relationships were at the core of how Paullived out his relationship with Jesus Christ.