Category Archives: 1Corinthians

You can hear the tone changing . . . from commendation to constructive criticism . . . from recognition to reproof . . . from acknowledging what they had to pointing out what they lacked. I’ve read 1Corinthians before . … Continue reading →

So . . . it’s been kind of an annual event. I went back and looked at my journaling for the past 5 years on the day when I hit this point in my reading plan . . . and … Continue reading →

This morning it’s a phrase in the opening verses of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians that has me thinking. A thought about draining something of it’s power . . . . . . a warning about inadvertently establishing a … Continue reading →

While Christmas is so much a celebration of the past . . . the coming of Immanuel . . . the giving of God’s greatest gift to the world, . . . as I think about it, Easter is so … Continue reading →

I don’t know if it was that they considered themselves realists or what . . . but why would someone who was saved into an “evangelical church” spread the idea that there is no resurrection from the dead? What’s to … Continue reading →

Paul reminds me again this morning that the church isn’t a building . . . it isn’t a program . . . it isn’t even just a group of people . . . but that the church is intended to … Continue reading →

It’s been a long time since I have had 20/20 vision without the aid of eyeglasses. Without my glasses things get pretty fuzzy pretty fast . . . don’t have to look very far before I can’t see very much. … Continue reading →

Opus. That’s not a word I use in everyday conversation . . . but it’s a word that comes to mind this morning. At its simplest, it means a “work.” Specifically, it most commonly refers to a musical composition. Broadly, … Continue reading →

Sometimes I think we’d do better to choose our words more carefully. Case in point . . . is there a difference in meaning between “when you go to church” versus “when you come together?” The whole I idea of … Continue reading →

I’m not really one for fine dining . . . haven’t been to a lot of real fancy restaurants . . . a few, but not very many or very often. Recently though, Sue and I went out for dinner … Continue reading →