Correct theology must always lead to commensurate behavior. Paul’s framework is the same throughout: Eschatology is both already and not yet. Through Christ the End has begun (1 Cor 15:24), but they are not there yet (1 […]
Video of Sermon on 3/21/2021. “I‘m not perfect” is a lame excuse and a cop out for a Christian. Jesus says “Be perfect” to his people, his church (Mt 5:48). Paul says, “let us bear the image of the man from heaven” […]
Do you build up the church? How? Spiritual gifts in church worship (14:1–40). Those who think themselves gifted with wisdom and knowledge—place inordinate singular emphasis on speaking in tongues. They think they speak a heavenly language (1 […]
[1st of] 3 imperatives in 1 Cor 15. “Come back to your senses…and stop sinning” (1 Cor 15:34). “…let us bear the image of the heavenly man” (1 Cor 15:49b). “…stand firm… Always give yourselves fully to the work of the […]
What you believe about the future = how you behave in the present. If your hope is confidenly in Jesus’ death and resurrection, you’ll live accordingly. Without this key point, Christian ethics and morality become relative. ** How does what you […]
What do you stand firm on (1 Cor 15:1, 58)? Hold firmly to (1 Cor 15:2)? Your money? Your job? Your family? Your friends? Your church? Your ideology? Your utopian ideal? What is most important to […]
With its sheer beauty and power 1 Cor 13 is a greatly loved NT passage and one of Paul’s finest moments. Unfortunately, the love for this love chapter has been regularly read [at weddings!] out of context. This doesn’t make love less […]
bDo you expect others to conform to your expectation? Or do you become upset when they don’t? Do you embrace others who are unlike you and will never be like […]
Just how spiritual are you? What does it mean to be spiritual (1 Cor 12:3)? How would you gauge your own and someone else’s spirituality (1 Cor 12:3)? Are you […]
2021-01-19 21:45:39 What does it mean to discern the body? Many Christians and Catholics have partaken the Lord’s Supper or the Eucharist when growing up with their religious parents. To many it’s a […]
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