Category: 1 Corinthians

  • Deceived by Wisdom-1 Cor 3:18-23

    𝑫̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢ ͢π’š̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒕̳͢͢𝒉̳͢͢π’Š̳͢͢𝒏̳͢͢π’Œ͢ ͢π’š̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒂̳͢͢𝒓̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢ ͢π’˜̳͢͢π’Š̳͢͢𝒔̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢? Because of our “wisdom” our tendency is to turn human preferences into exclusive ones. Then you’ll think or act as though you’re wiser than others [even Paul…and God]! 𝑫𝒐 […]

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  • Build with Care or Be Destroyed-1 Cor 3:10-17

    𝑨𝒓𝒆 π’šπ’π’– π’ƒπ’–π’Šπ’π’…π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 π’šπ’π’– π’ƒπ’†π’π’π’π’ˆ 𝒕𝒐–or π’„π’‚π’–π’”π’Šπ’π’ˆ π’‚π’“π’ˆπ’–π’Žπ’†π’π’•π’” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’”π’„π’‰π’Šπ’”π’Žπ’”? On what are you building your church / your life? WARNING: build carefully on Christ—NOT on “systems/slogans.” Paul directly attacks those responsible for the divisions. His singular concern is that those leading the church […]

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  • Always Thank God-1 Corinthians 1:1-9

    First Corinthians carefully chronicles the confounding complex conformity to CHRIST CRUCIFIED communicated in the complicated cultural context of continuous critical conflicts within the confused Corinthian church community necessitating confrontation, condemnation, castigation, chastisement and correction by Paul. [This might be my proudest alliteration with 24 C‘s!]   Always thank God for others (1 Cor 1:4a) in […]

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  • The Devil Divides, God Unites-1 Cor 1:10-17

    The devil divides but God unites. A friend wrote, “𝒀𝒐𝒖 π’π’˜π’† π’Žπ’†” are 3 π’˜π’π’“π’…π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 π’Œπ’Šπ’π’π’Šπ’π’ˆ 𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍. “𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 π’‡π’π’“π’ˆπ’Šπ’—π’† π’•π’‰π’†π’Ž” are 3 π’˜π’π’“π’…π’” 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 π’‘π’π’Šπ’π’• 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 […]

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