Be With Me: 7 Minutes of Biblical Wonder

Am I desiring evil like the people of the Old Testament?
Is God pleased?
Does God even have the right to ask these questions?
What do the examples of the Old Testament do for us today?
What about the vio…

Because everything is at stake, some discipline is best applied.  That is, a dose of discipline will keep a person from being disqualified.  Think of this: self-control is one of the ingredients that…

People are the prize.  Winning people is the reward. They are worth using all means to first GAIN A HEARING, so as to second, WIN them to Christ.

This is an active effort; this is strategic; this is d…

Paul makes a great argument about paying pastors.  It is through. It is long. It is unassailable.

When he is through, he trashes his own logic and says he is not going to EXERCISE A RIGHT THAT HE HAS …

We can DEVOUR people by the way we DEVOUR food.  Those who are knowledgeable must be very careful in the application of their knowledge. At risk is people, weaker people;  Brothers and sisters that c…

Our response to areas of liberty should be informed by LOVE.  LET LOVE LEAD is not a bad way to understand the ending point.

The topic of the day is food and idols.

Before we get into it, we take a 40,…

You gotta love the Bible in what it specifically addresses. Today, there is a rousing endorsement for the attraction, yes the sexual attraction of a not yet married couple.  So what about the sexual …

Paul makes the charge that we should be living single-heartedly, whether we are married or single.  He wants us to be a little less of a divided heart or distracted.  

There is an endorsement of both …

The New Testament condemns earthly slavery.  The New Testament LOVES spiritual slavery.  It is a concept we best understand, for it is a common theme. The Greek word is doulos, and is better translat…

If we are to flee sexual immorality, then we are to RUN TO the sexual oasis of marriage.

The picture is one of equality, reciprocity, dependence, and framed by a realistic world of temptation out ther…

The Corinthians are either ignorant or are choosing to ignore the Lord's truths about sex.  They probably first "forgot" that "YOU ARE NOT YOUR OWN, you were bought with a price." 
Therefore, they for…

Remember just one thing today: You are NOT your own. It will ring in your head and your heart and your hands.  If it is true, it effects everything.
 
There is popular political slogan today, “My body,…

Being a Christian should have some evidences in your life.  God has gone to great trouble to convict you, call you to repentance, work in baptism and then sanctify you over time.  There should be pro…

Dispute-handling is a spiritual exercise. It reflects your belief system in a practical way.  It demonstrates what you think about God, His people, His gifting, and His ultimate Justice.  It is witne…

It is a brave and sometimes difficult thing to handle the God-given gift of sexuality well.  When it does not go well, then the Church must also be brave and us it's power of reconciliation.  If that…

Don't you just love that the Bible addresses SEX as a topic?  It is a great gift and area of morality.  God invented it and loves it. It is His rules we must abide by.  

In our passage today, individu…

We get to chose the attitude we will have as we  receive tough teaching. Paul has got some dicey topics coming up for the Corinthians: Sexual immorality and Pride.  Before he gets there he asks them …

Paul cannot physically be with the Corinthians so he sends Timothy, his CHRISTIAN FRIEND. He describes him as his beloved and faithful child.  So today, let's look at what it is to be in a Christian …

What is the posture of Christianity? the attitude? the heart-set?

Paul pulls out his irony card to show the right and wrong answers to the Corinthians.  Wrong is boastful and divisive.  Right is a hum…