No Divorce-1 Cor 7:8-16
Settling down in simplicity. When I married on Aug 15, 1981 less than a year after becoming a Christian, I said to myself, Well I guess thats it for the […]
Category: New Testament
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Sex in Marriage-1 Cor 7:1-7
Being attracted to an attractive person is not a sin in and of itself. Talking about sex as a Christian is uncomfortable, likely because of the proliferation and easy accessibility of pornography and the widespread acceptance […]
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Your Body is NOT Yours-1 Cor 6:12-20
𝑫𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 OUR BODIES DO NOT BELONG TO US 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆? Im free to do anything is the Corinthian Christians favorite […]
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You Were Cleansed by the Name-1 Cor 6:1-11
If someone from the church cheats and deceives you and you lose lots of money to them, will you sue them? Why or why not? How does 1 Cor 6:2, 3, 10 share Paul’s common […]
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Excommunication-1 Cor 5:1-13
Will you confront, discipline and expel someone close to you in the church because they are “sinning” ️(1 Cor 5:2, 5, 7, 13)? Can you not waver and judge and pronounce judgment in the church (1 Cor 5:12b-13)? […]
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Imitate Me-1 Cor 4:14-21
Do you modelandembodyfor others the meaning of the gospel?Thegoalofall Christiansis to be so Chrislike and to soembody Christthat we can say [confidently and humbly] to other Christians, Imitate me (1 […]
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When You Are Scum-1 Cor 4:6-13
Do you suffer like Christ, like Paul, until others think youre out of allignmentthat youre like scum?Theres a jarring personal dissonance and disconnect to answer this while Im comfortably reading […]
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When You Are Judged-1 Cor 4:1-5
When someone judges you,how do you feel? We all have anego drivensinful humandefaulttojudge others(cf. Mt 7:1). You criticize a persons weakness and compare it with your strengths or to someone […]
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Deceived by Wisdom-1 Cor 3:18-23
𝑫̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢ ͢𝒚̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒕̳͢͢𝒉̳͢͢𝒊̳͢͢𝒏̳͢͢𝒌͢ ͢𝒚̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒂̳͢͢𝒓̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢ ͢𝒘̳͢͢𝒊̳͢͢𝒔̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢? Because of our wisdom ourtendencyis toturn human preferencesintoexclusive ones. Then youll think or act as though youre wiser than others [even Pauland God]! 𝑫𝒐 […]
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Build with Care or Be Destroyed-1 Cor 3:10-17
𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐or 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒔? On whatareyoubuildingyourchurch/ your life? WARNING:build carefullyonChristNOTonsystems/slogans. Paul directlyattacksthose responsible for thedivisions. Hissingular concernis that those leading the church […]