Source: https://ift.tt/2P2Zpfg Today: [1 Corinthians 7:] Should You Be Single for Jesus? In this chapter, Paul addresses a doctrine in the Corinthian church that all believers single or married should remain celibate to truly serve God. Is this true? Paul addresses this issue and the question of divorce and remarriage in great detail which should […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2O1pLSz Today: [1 Corinthians 6:] Lawsuits, Promiscuity, Appetites and Tattoos: In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul gets downright personal with the Corinthians in ways that most Christians today would never tolerate. He declares that if we call ourselves by the name of Christ, many things that are legal and lawful for us to do should […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2Iu9zTT Today: [1 Corinthians 5:] Sexual Scandal and Church Leadership: 1 Corinthians 5 is one of the most scandalous chapters of the bible. The church at Corinth has adopted a posture of leniency and tolerance toward the sexual practices of its members and Paul comes out swinging. Is there anything in this chapter that […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2xR2Q1o Today: [1 Corinthians 3:] Spiritual or Carnal? In chapter 3 of 1 Corinthians, we consider the meaning of two words that Paul coins being that of “spiritual” or “carnal.” The Corinthians had a problem from Paul’s point of view because they understood the kingdom from a metric much smaller than the measure God […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2MYP4Pz Today: [1 Corinthians 2:] Fathoming the Trackless Depths of God: In chapter 2 of 1 Corinthians Paul underscores the foolishness of preaching but emphasizes that the wisdom of God is beyond natural comprehension. There are those who consider themselves princes of popularity that mainstream Christianity lauds as modern-day voices from heaven, but they […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2xLm34l Today: [1 Corinthians 1:] Paul Writes to the Corinthians: In Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians he writes to address several troublesome issues. The Corinthians are lax in their internal disciplines; they have notoriously careless sexual mores. They are divided amidst one another to the point that many members of the church are […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2MMbT8Z Today: [Romans 16:] Getting Up and Out of the Status Quo: Are you tired of the same-old, same-old? God has something different in mind for you! In Romans 16 Paul does, in fact, conclude his letter with explicit expressions of his apostolic authority. He mandates these people who had never met him face […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2xtrzbH Today: [Romans 15:] Paul’s First Closing of the Epistle to the Romans: In Romans 15 Paul attempts to sum up his letter (with one chapter however yet to be written). He gives the strongest appeal to Gentile believers to be patient with the Judaizers and legalists who believe in “Christ plus-“ their good […]
READ MORE Today: [Romans 14:] Today: [Romans 14:] Allowances and Concessions in God: In chapter 14 of Romans Paul addresses very personal issues such as diet and holy days. Believers in his time were condemning one another to hell because they ate meat or worshipped on a wrong day. Things have changed little in our own day […]
READ MORE Source: https://ift.tt/2CWPqXj Today: [Romans 13:] Be Subject to the Higher Powers: In Romans 13 Paul challenges the thinking of his fellow citizens regarding their attitudes toward the Roman empire. Could this chapter have any relevance whatsoever for modern Christians? Today political upheaval is an absolute art form even among the community of believers. What is […]
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