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  • Women Praying and Prophesying in the Local Church Gathering

    Women Praying and Prophesying in the Local Church Gathering

    Paul has been admonishing the Church at Corinth toward unity through maturity. He has expounded on Christian liberty. The earth and everything on it belong to the Lord. Therefore, we are to eat and drink and whatever we do to the glory of God, not self. We are not condemned by the consciences of others,…

  • On Christian Arrogance

    On Christian Arrogance

    Paul writes to the local church at Corinth in order to encourage unity through maturity in the faith. He begins a new section about the eating of meat sacrificed to idols, or the participation in what is perceived as unholy actions by some. I have heard people apply this portion of Scripture to the eating…

  • On Judging Pastors

    On Judging Pastors

    The church at Corinth is divided. The body hasn’t treated Paul well. Yet, Paul referred to the congregation as a holy temple and condemned anyone who might destroy the local church by building upon the gospel foundation with anything other than the gospel—teaching Christ’s person and work because He alone is sufficient. Pastors are slaves…

  • Immaturity in the Church

    Immaturity in the Church

    Paul desires to build maturity that leads to unity in the Corinthian church (1:10). He determines to know nothing but Christ and Christ crucified but speaks the depth of God’s wisdom to those who are mature (1-2). Paul believes the Corinthian church is in Christ (1:4-9), He also recognizes that her puffed-up knowledge leads to…

  • Why I Determine to Know Nothing

    Why I Determine to Know Nothing

    Paul’s goal is to encourage the church at Corinth toward unity through maturity in the knowledge of Christ (1:10). He explicitly mentioned the wisdom of the world as a source of conflict in the Corinthian church (1:22-23). Today, there is much worldly wisdom in our society and in the church that leads to great division.…

  • Christian Unity

    Christian Unity

    Paul has introduced his letter and revealed the faithfulness of God as the foundational doctrine behind his first letter to the church at Corinth. Today, we see the overall exhortation of his letter. The whole letter concerns Christian unity and agreement. Every verse that follows verse 10 is part of the exhortation that the church…

  • The Four Horsemen: The Red Horse

    The Four Horsemen: The Red Horse

    The Father is holy. Jesus Christ is worthy. The world is the way it is because God is winning glory for Himself. Jesus continues breaking the seals on the legal document He has received from the Father. As He breaks the second seal, the second angelic witness presents his testimony to the just judge for…

  • Buck Tradition

    Buck Tradition

    “We’ve always done it that way,” I heard a long-time member of a church I served a while back say when I mentioned that I wanted to evaluate the way we were doing ministry according to Scripture. Jesus taught about the place of traditional practices. When we hear Jesus’s teaching, something about His person and…

  • Wheat and Weeds Unexplained

    Wheat and Weeds Unexplained

    Jesus told one parable concerning the kingdom of Heaven. His word is sown everywhere but only bears fruit when it is sown in the sower’s good soil. The fruit Jesus explicitly referred to was understanding and sound teaching. Now, Jesus tells another parable. He, again, leaves it dangling without explanation. Since Jesus will explain this…

  • Tobit- Narcissistic Religion

    Tobit- Narcissistic Religion

    Tobit 11:1-18 Tobias returns home with his new wife, Sarah, and his guide, Raphael. Tobit’s sight is finally restored, and the family revels in their many victories. In this chapter, we see the same theological problems we have seen throughout Tobit. Tobit’s sight is not restored directly by God, but by either materialistic or mystic…