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  • Look at Those Gluttons, Drunkards, and Hellians

    Look at Those Gluttons, Drunkards, and Hellians

    Paul is writing to the local church at Corinth to admonish the congregation toward unity through maturity in the faith. He expounded on Christian liberty and pay for pastors. Now, he writes about the Christian as a voluntary slave even though he is free. Basic Christian servanthood means much for the way we treat others.…

  • The True Christian’s Focus

    The True Christian’s Focus

    Paul is writing in order to admonish the Corinthian church toward unity through maturity in the faith. In Chapter 7, he admonishes them toward contentment because contentment facilitates growth to maturity. Now, Paul explains why contentment is advantageous in this life. Please consider donating to help us plant an expository church in Douglas, AZ and…

  • To Hell With You

    To Hell With You

    Jesus has proved Himself a capable Rabbi. He has warned the crowds not to be like the Pharisees and scribes. Now, He speaks directly to the Pharisees and scribes in order to rebuke them because of their hypocrisy. There are occasions on which one should not be polite but, instead, call out injustice. While it…

  • Listening to Hypocrites

    Listening to Hypocrites

    It is Fig Monday during Passion Week. Jesus’s rabbinic knowledge has been tested. He upheld Torah and proved wiser than the Pharisees, Herodians, and Sadducees who exceeded Him in their religious status, formal education, and physical age. Jesus now turns to the crowds who have been watching His exchanges with the religious leaders of the…

  • A Kingdom of Power, Not Words

    A Kingdom of Power, Not Words

    Paul has been instructing the congregation about how it should view him and its pastors and how the pastors (elders) of the local church should view the congregation. The pericope in view, here, is transitional. Paul is transitioning from the place of the pastor to the immorality of the local church. Before he begins addressing…

  • Four Horsemen Revisited

    Four Horsemen Revisited

    After all those who will be sealed are sealed, demons are loosed to torment the reprobate. The first woe is past. John sees a sixth angel preparing to blast the next trumpet, which symbolizes both God’s wrath and deliverance through the proclamation of the Gospel. Revelation 9:13-21 Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard…

  • Loosed Locusts in Revelation

    Loosed Locusts in Revelation

    The trumpets are not blasted until all those who will be sealed are sealed (7:1-3). John’s trumpet imagery has so far alluded to Old Testament judgments on Egypt, Babylon, and Israel. John used the national symbol of Rome, an eagle, to declare three woes upon the earth with regard to the blasting of the final…

  • Ghosts and Mediums in the Bible

    Ghosts and Mediums in the Bible

    I have had several ghostly experiences in my life. When I was little, we lived in a house my dad built. One night I heard someone playing the piano beautifully in our sitting room; My mom called it her “frufru” room. The sound was loud enough to wake me from sleep. I tiptoed to the…

  • The Joy of Christian Liberty

    The Joy of Christian Liberty

    Everyone is talking about the woke, or enlightened, life. They have no idea what they are getting into. It’s not new. It’s also not what the world thinks. 1 Samuel 26:1-25 Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?” So Saul…

  • Sound Doctrine Without Love

    Sound Doctrine Without Love

    There are two sorts of church groups in our day. One expends love to stand for sound doctrine. The other expends sound doctrine stand for love. In John’s Revelation, he addresses both types of churches. First, he addresses the church that defends sound doctrine at the expense of love. Is it important to stand for…