1 Corinthians 13:1-13 The Greatest of These Is Love I’m gonna show you how 13 is the luckiest number in the world. My proof is found in 1 Corinthians 13:13. There you’ll discover the core message of the whole Bible” “And now abide faith, hope, love, these three: but the greatest of these is love.” If you don’t believe the message of the Bible, … Read the rest…
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Tell me about your big ideas, dreams, and plans” and I’ll tell you about a more excellent way. Tell me about your awards, scholastic achievements, and trophies”and I’ll tell you about a more excellent way. Tell me about how you can speak three languages, programs computers, and engineer bridges”and I’ll tell you about a more excellent way. Tell me about your philosophical meanderings, your cataclysmic … Read the rest…
I Do Not Want You To Be Ignorant
When it comes to the word of God, I do not want to be ignorant…and I do not want you to be ignorant. That’s also something Paul said to the Corinthians in his first letter to them. 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 has a subtitle (in my NKJ Bible) that says “Spiritual Gifts: Unity in Diversity”. The “unity” part is of vital importance. A lot of … Read the rest…
“If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home.” That quote from 1 Corinthians doesn’t sound very hospitable does it? There are plenty of times in Paul’s writings where he sounds a wee bit harsh. At least if you take it out of context and try to apply what he’s saying to everyday life. But if you zoom out a bit and see what … Read the rest…
If A Man Has Long Hair
If a man has long hair, is he disgraced in the eyes of God? No. In 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 Paul talks quite a bit about hair…on men and women. But is it truly the length of hair that Paul is concerned with? No. It’s actually our “covering”. In the New King James version of the Bible, you can see subtitles for sections, and the … Read the rest…
Eat Whatever Is Sold In The Meat Market
For thirteen years I was a vegetarian. It wasn’t for any reason other than health. At the time I had been given advice by doctors that my cholesterol was too high. Each time I’d take a little more meat products out of my diet I’d go back for a cholesterol check and each time the count would be higher. After thirteen years of that … Read the rest…
An Object Of Worship
Can the God of the Bible be an object of worship? Nope. Can anything else in the whole universe be an object of worship? Well…yeah. And we shouldn’t be impressed by any object to the point of thinking we need to worship it. However; a Creator who is intelligent enough to stretch out the heavens with His hands and cause things to exist by … Read the rest…