1 Corinthians: The Right Way To View Preachers
God wants us to look at preachers the way God views them.… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Right Way To View Preachers
Articles I write for the weekly bulletin of the East Main Church of Christ, the congregation where I preach.
God wants us to look at preachers the way God views them.… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Right Way To View Preachers
From one perspective, all Christians start out as spiritual “infants,” having just been born again (John 3:3-5). All of us need to grow in our biblical knowledge and spiritual maturity (Eph. 4:15), especially at the beginning of our walk with Christ. However, the Corinthians were not growing as they should have been.… Read More 1 Corinthians: Don’t Act Like Babies
This passage is actually part of Paul’s explanation to Corinth that his message was given to him via Spirit inspiration and thus originated not in his mind but in God’s. … Read More 1 Corinthians: The Natural Person and the Spiritual Person
Just as one cannot know exactly what I am thinking unless I tell them, no one can know the thoughts of God unless the Spirit of God reveals them. This the Spirit of God has done, by inspiring the writers of Scripture (2 Pet. 1:19-21; 2 Tim. 3:16). … Read More 1 Corinthians: The Thoughts of God
Prizing homiletic ability and what the world would entertaining and interesting over heeding the rebukes and correction which would come from preaching the whole counsel of God had also been a problem for those who listened to the preaching of God’s Word in Ezekiel’s day (Ezek. 33:30-32). It’s easy to heed the ways of God with which we already agree…but when the Scriptures demand of us something which we find hard or foolish to do, the siren call of human wisdom is much harder to resist. This is when the true foundation of our faith is revealed to be either strong or weak. … Read More 1 Corinthians: Prizing Speaking Ability Over The Gospel
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