I Corinthians 10 When I first opened my Bible to this chapter, the verse that I had previously underlined in red (so it must have been important) jumped out at me: V13: "No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but will make the way of escape, that you will be ab...

1 Corinthians 9 I wasn't much of an athlete at school. Most of my school years I was overweight, and had asthma and allergies. Usually last picked, usually last in the pack! That didn't mean that I wasn't competitive though. I liked (and still like) to win. When we enter a competition we usually want to do our best. Yet in some area's of our lives we don't think conscio...

1 Corinthians 7 In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul gets very practical in what is already a very practical letter. He addresses marriage, singleness, divorce, self-control, lust, sex in and out of marriage and contentment. (7:1-5) Paul tells married people that it's okay to have sex. It sounds strange that he would have to say that, but the Corinthians were people (like us) or e...

1 Corinthians 6 When we read chapters like chapter 6 it should be clear to us that History is cyclical and that there is nothing new under the sun. Paul addressed some of the hot button issues facing our modern society two thousand years ago and if Paul owned a Chick-Fil-A, or had an HGTV show lets just say, he might get some negative press. But what is he getting at? ...

1 Corinthians 5 Paul is going to rebuke the Corinthian church for their lack of discipline within the church. He uses the example of a Christian man who was sleeping with his stepmother. Old Testament law (Leviticus 18:8, Deuteronomy 22:22) prohibited such acts but so did the Gentile law. The church in Corinth was so messed up that they were not mourning this sin but we...

1 Corinthians 4 I'm writing from the Navajo reservation in Northwest New Mexico. Here we have the privilege to observe the hearts of a missionary family who are serving others less fortunate by becoming like them. It reminds me of Jesus' promise in Matthew 19:29, "And everyone who has house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name'...

1 Corinthians 3 You know how The Word of God is alive? How it teaches you different things without changing its own content? That held true for me when reading this passage. Maybe it's the phase of life I'm in specifically, but I felt kind of slapped in the face and challenged as soon as I started reading. Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who li...

1 Corinthians 2 (2:1-5) When I came to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God. For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified. I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, ...

We're in a new month, and a new book today as we turn our attention to Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth. Read on as we look at what Paul offers as the reason for our unity and the source of any effectiveness in our efforts to share the good news....

Luke 24 If you have been going through the reading plan with us this year, you will remember reading of Jesus' resurrection, post-mortem appearances, and his ascension in both Mark and Matthew. These events are extremely important to the foundation of our faith as Christians, and Christ-followers. But in Luke, there is a narrative tucked in between Jesus' resurrection ...