It seems that the wives of the prophets were adding to the disorderliness within the worship assemblies at Corinth by speaking out in the assemblies while their husbands were prophesying, interrupting them (even while they were interrupting each other – 14:29-31) to ask them questions and perhaps to address the assembly themselves.… Read More 1 Corinthians: “The Women Should Keep Silent In The Churches”
All things must be done in an orderly fashion and for the purpose of spiritual strengthening.… Read More 1 Corinthians: It’s Not About You
The apostle now begins to list the different types of miraculous gifts, repeatedly reminding the Corinthians that whichever power each of them “individually” had was “given” to them “through,” “according to,” and “by” no one except “the Spirit,” and according to his own will rather than their own desires (12:8-11).… Read More 1 Corinthians: The Different Kinds of Spiritual Gifts
Should Christians boycott businesses which promote sins like homosexuality? Scripture says to “abstain from every form of evil” (1 Thess. 5:22). God directs us to “not enter the path of the wicked, and do not walk in the way of the evil. Avoid it; do not go on it; turn away from it and pass on” (Prov.… Read More Bible Q&A: Should Christians Boycott Businesses Which Endorse Sins Like Homosexuality?
It’s easy for us to “think of (ourselves) more highly than (we) ought to think” (Rom. 12:3). We might do this by emphasizing who taught us, where we went to school, what our jobs or incomes are, what office we hold or work we do in the church, to whom we’re related, what VIP we know, or where we live. We must realize that we are all the same in God’s eyes, and view ourselves and each other with humility.… Read More 1 Corinthians: We’re All The Same In God’s Eyes
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