Toward Spiritual Maturity: Studies in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781491211106)

Grady Manley has gained a well deserved reputation as a passionate student of Scripture. Reared in the home of an early Pentecostal minister, he lived in a home environment in which Biblical principles strictly regulated daily life and faith. His mother began training him to memorize Bible verses when he was two years old. Thus began a lifelong devotion to the Bible. At the age of 17 he experienced a divine call to ministry. Following his parents' example, he pursued ordination in the Assemblies of God. With a baccalaureate degree from an evangelical Bible college and a graduate degree in New Testament studies from Southern Nazarene University, he has served more than sixty years as pastor, teacher, and college lecturer. Early in his ministry his interest expanded beyond traditional Pentecostal churches. His fervent love of Scripture and his zealous pursuit of practical spirituality that was evident in the New Testament church has given his ministry wide acceptance in evangelical, liturgical, charismatic, and catholic churches in the USA and Great Britain. He describes himself as committed to traditional Christian theology proclaimed in the Nicene, Apostles, and Athanasian creeds. He is positively Arminian in his theology and committed to the validity of the Charismatic gifts in Christian life and worship. He maintains that Scripture stands as final authority for life and faith and interprets the Bible giving priority to its original intent and meaning when it was written. Rev. Manley currently lives with his wife Janice (nee Lister), to whom he has been married for 57 years. They have three children, five grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.