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Category Archives: 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 16:1-24
In 1 Corinthians 16, the last chapter of this second longest of Paul’s surviving letters, Paul ties up some ends, deals with a few business issues to do with a charitable collection he was taking up for the saints in … Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 15:35-58
Ever since Greek philosophy began its influence on Christianity (which is pretty much from the time of the first Greek converts), believers have questioned the resurrection of the body. Today, many Christians still believe they will not have bodies in … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, body, christianity, faith, god, jesus, prince of the power of the air, religion, resurrection, satan, spirit, spiritual body
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1 Corinthians 15:29-34
We’re looking at verses 29-34 of 1 Corinthians 15. Throughout this chapter, Paul has been making his case for a physical resurrection from the dead. One can only surmise that the Corinthians had been seduced by philosophical mystery religions of … Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 15:20-28
Paul is systematically proving to the Corinthian Christians that their faith in Christ and His resurrection logically expostulates out to the physical resurrection of all believers. In 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, Paul brings home his second point: to wit, that Jesus’ … Continue reading
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Tagged afterlife, belief, christ, christianity, faith, gnostic, god, jesus, millennium, physical, religion, resurrection
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1 Corinthians 14
Paul has been talking about how every member of the body is different and necessary. I’ve always had a bit of a challenge in seeing how a ministry of vacuuming the church building amounted to manifesting a gift of the … Continue reading
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At the Potter’s House
There are potters in the Bible–did you know? As I work with a piece of clay, whether on the wheel or in my hands alone, I often think deep, spiritual thoughts. Here are some of them. First, concerning the above … Continue reading
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Tagged christian growth, christianity, earthen vessel, faith, god, holy spirit, jesus, pain, parable, potter, spiritual, spirituality
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1 Corinthians 12:12-31
If you see a little of the influence of Barna and Viola’s Pagan Christianity here, you’re not imaging things. I find myself agreeing with them more the more I read, and the part of 1 Corinthians (chapters 11-14) I’m presently … Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 12:1-11
Concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you to be ignorant . . . but how many of us are ignorant on that very subject? Oh, we can run through the list and explain the current conception of exactly … Continue reading
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1 Corinthians 11:17-34
In 1 Corinthians 11:17-34, Paul has something to say to the Corinthian Christians about the way they’ve been observing the Lord’s Supper. Actually, as Paul usually does, he has a couple or three things to say. We take Communion in … Continue reading
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Tagged christianity, church, church split, communion, denominations, faith, god, holy spirit, jesus, passover, pot luck dinner, religion, spiritual, spiritualism
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1 Corinthians 11:2-16
On the surface, Paul’s insistence that the women of Corinth wear head covering to believers’ meetings doesn’t seem to have a lot to do with us today. Very few churches require this sort of thing, and in those that do, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1 corinthians, authority, christianity, clothing, corinth, culture, dress, faith, god, head covering, holy spirit, Islam, jesus, love, modesty, pagan, paganism, paul, relevance, religion, spiritual, spirituality, submission, taboo, veil, virtue
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