1 Corinthians #24 - Finding Peace in a World of Chaos, Part 2
September 5, 2022
They say no one knows the future, but by the character of God and the content of Scripture we can say that God knows the future. They say the envirionment is being destroyed—we say creation groans waiting for the sons of God to be revealed. They say our country is doomed—we say that the church is thriving. Learn about finding peace in a world of chaos.
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One group says the Bible is a book about love, mercy, and kindness. They think of the story of the Good Samaritan and of Jesus telling us to turn the other cheek. So how could anyone think the Bible prevents a tolerant society? But for another group, the Bible is far from tolerant. There’s the conquest of Canaan. There’s Elijah killing Baal’s prophets by his own hand. And in the New Testament, Jesus talks often about hell. That’s not tolerant. What then can we say in answer to this question? Get your free resource and learn more today!
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In the true teaching of holiness, when we become more holy, we do not become less human or less who we were meant to be, we become more who God designed us to be. There's a beauty and a wholeness to true holiness.
September 3, 2022
In this challenging passage, Paul says that it is disgraceful for women to speak in church. He doesn't mean that a woman may not utter a word in church, because earlier in 1 Corinthians he talks about women praying and prophesying in church. Find out what Paul does mean.
September 2, 2022
Church is designed to tell us that there is hope for the disillusioned, there is forgiveness, love, the blessing of the presence of God, and a chance to start again. When the gospel is not understood, you have much irony—church, designed by God to communicate the gospel, not doing so!
September 1, 2022
Paul sharpens this illustration with a further irony that would have startled his original hearers. He says that if someone speaks in church without making the gospel understandable, he is no better than a barbarian! Paul teaches about speaking in tongues.
August 31, 2022
When Paul says "love never fails," he's not calling us to an impossible legalistic standard. Of course, we all fail in love on occasion, and those who love us also fail. We can think that love is blind or to be loving is to be naive, but Paul says Jesus' world is one of love, so being loving is seeing life as it really is.
August 30, 2022
When we think of love, we tend to think of the head-in-the-clouds folly of a young romantic. Love is for the youthful idealist, someone who has not yet been seasoned by adversity and learned in practice that sometimes strength is more important than affection. Paul teaches that understanding and showing love is part of being a mature Christian.
August 29, 2022
Paul says this form of religion is like being a slave–like being held back in immaturity and not going on to mature spirituality. In the gospel we move from this slavery relationship to one of adoption with full rights as sons and daughters in Christ.
August 27, 2022
We as Christians will be better at advocating for the Bible, better at defending traditional values, and better at teaching the exclusivity of Christ if our rejoicing in truth is embedded in a 1 Corinthians 13 type of love.
August 26, 2022
Perhaps we should contrast 1 Corinthians 13 to the popular pagan cults of today: "If I speak on the celebrity circuit to thousands but do not have love, I am just the sound of paparazzi flashes going off, or a noisy blog, or a meaningless tweet." Paul teaches about the countercultural beauty of love.
August 25, 2022
Here Paul lists several spiritual gifts in a bit of a hierarchy. The key is the significance of the clarity of the gospel. The most important thing is that people understand it, so he lists the speaking gifts first. All of this needs to be understood in the context of love, submission to one another, and reverence for Christ.
August 24, 2022
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Free Resource | Does the Bible Promote Tolerance or Intolerance?
One group says the Bible is a book about love, mercy, and kindness. They think of the story of the Good Samaritan and of Jesus telling us to turn the other cheek. So how could anyone think the Bible prevents a tolerant society? But for another group, the Bible is far from tolerant. There’s the conquest of Canaan. There’s Elijah killing Baal’s prophets by his own hand. And in the New Testament, Jesus talks often about hell. That’s not tolerant. What then can we say in answer to this question? Get your free resource and learn more today!