Corinthian Controversies: Matters of Conscience
How we handle matters of conscience is our next Corinthian Controversy. Believers have struggled with this problem since the earliest days of the church. While there have been church splits…
Month: March 2024
An Anxious Mind
We have all been there. We have all experienced times when our minds wouldn’t shut up. Those seasons are when we can’t get to sleep or stay asleep because of…
Corinthian Controversies: Singles and Married
Our next Corinthian Controversy begins with a bit of a mystery. The Corinthian church had sent some questions to Paul. While we have Paul’s answer, we do not know the…
What Must I Do?
I love exploring the questions in the Bible. The entire overarching narrative of the Bible can be found in the questions. “Adam, where are you?” God asks that fateful morning…
Corinthian Controversies: Fleeing Sexual Sin
There are times when it is good to read the Bible backward. By that, I mean that we begin at the conclusion and work towards the beginning of the section.…
Come Aside and Rest
The past weeks have been stressful for us on two fronts. The first was dealing with my Dad’s health issues and passing, which you are probably aware of. The second…
Corinthian Controversies – Inherit the Kingdom
In 1 Corinthians 6:9, Paul uses a perplexing phrase. “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?” (1 Corinthians 6:9a, NASB 2020) What…
A Song of Promise
In the normal course of life, it is easy to focus on our problems. They are unmistakable and staring us in the face. Some are just annoyances like pesky flies.…