Category Archives: 1Corinthians

For the Common Good

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Pete

Yesterday morning, when I was reading in the latter part of 1Corinthians 11, the words that jumped off the page were “when you come together.” Not because I had some profound insight concerning them but because they are repeated again … Continue reading →

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Flee!

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Pete

Gideon is a kind of an enigma for me. Seems to have, for the most part, run the race well but then gets tripped up at the finish line. He has an encounter of the divine kind with the angel … Continue reading →

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Judges, Don’t You Know?

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pete

Judges. That’s not the book I’m reading this morning, it’s the thought that is rolling through my mind. The followers of Jesus are going to be judges. It’s not Paul’s main point in the first part of 1Corinthians chapter 6. … Continue reading →

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The Power of God

Posted on March 25, 2016 by Pete

Tonight, Lord willing, the saints plan on gathering at, as my friend Garry likes to calls it, L-T-double-C. The plan is to sing a bit, read Scripture, respond with Scripture, and then eat and drink symbols of Someone’s death. In … Continue reading →

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On Being Addicted ( A 2009 Rerun)

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Pete

Looking back on my journal, it’s apparent that I’ve been repeatedly drawn to a certain family mentioned in the closing thoughts of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. Here’s the passage that consistently jumps off the page . . . … Continue reading →

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When We Come Together

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Pete

Five times. Five times in eighteen verses. Three-hundred-ninety-eight words in this passage and twenty of those words are the same four word phrase repeated five times. While the subject of the passage is appropriate conduct at the Lord’s table, the … Continue reading →

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Just As He Promised

Posted on April 2, 2015 by Pete

The land had been allotted. The cities of refuge established. The Levites given towns throughout Israel where they could live. Mission accomplished. Operation “Possess the Land” was, for the most part, in the books. Time for celebration? To be sure. … Continue reading →

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Not Our Own

Posted on April 1, 2015 by Pete

We live in a day and age where there is tremendous emphasis placed on our bodies. There is no lack of information on what to put in them . . . what to put on them . . . and … Continue reading →

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Find Us Faithful

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Pete

This morning I’m thinking about perspective. Identical circumstance taking on very different implications depending on how we look at it. You can see how much perspective shaped the apostle Paul. If anyone had bragging rights, it was him. Even if … Continue reading →

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Human, But Not Merely Human

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Pete

He expected more. He had been with them for 18 months, establishing the church at Corinth and teaching the believers there (Acts 18:1-11). And so, he expected more. They had been born again and he had spoon fed them for … Continue reading →

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