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  • Daily Devotional: Genesis 48:1-22

    Daily Devotional: Genesis 48:1-22

    Jacob is still considering his immanent death. He blesses Ephraim over Manasseh even though Manasseh is Joseph’s firstborn. The forsaken firstborn motif is present in Genesis, starting with Cain and Abel, and will present throughout the entire Old Testament. This motif typifies the incarnation of Christ. Adam, the firstborn man and federal head of creation…

  • Daily Devotional: Genesis 35:23-29

    Daily Devotional: Genesis 35:23-29

    Jacob and Esau were born at enmity. Jacob came out of the womb on Esau’s heel. By the time their father dies, they are allies. Isaac breathes his last and is gathered to his people. Here we see something about the afterlife, or is it still a precursor to actual life. Even prior to Christ’s…

  • Creation: Day One

    Creation: Day One

    Today we begin our expository journey through Genesis 1-11. There are claims that Genesis 1-11 are a separate work from Genesis 12-50. I believe they are one, cohesive work, each chapter consisting of literal history. Chapters 1-11 do differ from Chapters 12-50, however. They are more like the Ancient Near East Myths of the region,…

  • Is Your Belief in Vain?

    Is Your Belief in Vain?

    There are many people who claim to believe in God. There are many religions in the world by which many different people make many different truth claims. Even within “Christianity,” there are many different systems of belief, different opinions about who Christ is and what He is doing, and different ways people say church should…

  • Desire Prophecy, Don’t Forbid Speaking in Tongues

    Desire Prophecy, Don’t Forbid Speaking in Tongues

    Paul is writing to the local church at Corinth in order to admonish the congregation toward unity in the faith—unity through maturity. He is currently addressing the practice of spiritual gifts—particularly those of prophecy and speaking in tongues. He has admonished the local church to prioritize love, which edifies. He has also instructed the congregation…

  • On Order and Chaos

    On Order and Chaos

    Paul has been writing to the Corinthians church about unity through maturity. In this section of his letter, he addresses spiritual gifts, primarily those of prophecy and tongues. We have seen that, within the local church, spiritual gifts are given in order that we may edify one another, not seek attention or exalt ourselves. Out…

  • Tongues vs Prophecy

    Tongues vs Prophecy

    We return to Paul’s discourse on spiritual gifts, which have been used to cause division within the local church at Corinth. There were some who, apparently, exalted the gift of tongues such that others desired the mystical gift above all else. There are many in our own day who exalt mystical sign gifts like tongues,…

  • Going to Church: Worthless?

    Going to Church: Worthless?

    Paul is admonishing the local church at Corinth toward unity through maturity in the faith. He is presently addressing the local church’s idolatry of the spiritual gifts. He does not discredit the spiritual gifts, but has instead stated that there is a better way than merely seeking after the spiritual gifts (12:31). As we work…

  • The Truth About Spiritual Gifts

    The Truth About Spiritual Gifts

    Paul is writing to the local church at Corinth in order to admonish the local church toward unity through maturity in the faith, not only knowledge of Christ but wisdom—which is knowledge in love. He has admonished the local church to edify one another and those outside her proverbial walls rather than be puffed up…

  • When The Local Church Drinks the Cup of Demons Instead of Christ

    When The Local Church Drinks the Cup of Demons Instead of Christ

    Paul has been admonishing the local church at Corinth toward unity through maturity. He has explained Christian liberty now explicitly and by way of illustration. Idolatry has less to do with what goes into the body and more to do with what flows from the heart, evidenced not in consumption of certain foods or drinks…