Paul: Diverse Theology, Singular Mission | 1 Corinthians 1.10-11
Now I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and...
View ArticleReally. What is this “Mystery” Paul is talking about? | 1 Corinthians 2.6-8
Yet among the mature we do speak wisdom, though it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to perish. But we speak God’s wisdom, secret and hidden, which God decreed...
View ArticleWe worship Christ and…. the Resurrection? | Acts 17 & 24
Also some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign divinities.” (This was because he was...
View ArticleFor the times you want to be strong, but aren’t | 1 Corinthians 1.27-31
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to...
View ArticleWhen & How to Criticize Other People’s Pastors | 1 Corinthians 4.2-5
Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found trustworthy. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. I do not even judge myself. I am not...
View ArticleOur Exile is for the world’s salvation | Acts 7.6-7
And God spoke in these terms, that his descendants would be resident aliens in a country belonging to others, who would enslave them and mistreat them during four hundred years.7 ‘But I will judge the...
View ArticleResponding to Prophets: The Holy Spirit Changes Everything | Acts 11:27-30
At that time prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine over all the world; and this took place...
View ArticleFundamentalist vs. Pentecostals vs. the Cross | 1 Corinthians 1.27-31
For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the...
View ArticleMy Gospel Terror, Acts, & Letters [photo sermon]
Each week, WordPress has a Weekly Photo Challenge, where they give a theme and invite people to highlight photography representing that theme, accompanied by a few meditations on it. Occasionally, I...
View ArticleThe Sermon’s Essence & Power | 1 Corinthians 2.1-5
When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come proclaiming the mystery of God to you in lofty words or wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified....
View ArticleThese Days After Pentecost: On Law & Spirit
In the Christian Church Calendar, we are currently in a season that is numbered according to the Holy Day of Pentecost, the day we celebrate the Holy Spirit falling on the apostles fifty days after...
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