1 Corinthians 12 Another division in the Corinthian church was due to their misunderstanding of spiritual gifts. v1-3 – Paul corrects the wrongheaded demonstration of the Spirit’s work in worship that mimicked pagan worship. v4-11 – Paul outlines and briefly explains spiritual gifts. v12-13 – Paul emphasizes in Christ, the church is one body with…
August 15, 2022 1 Corinthians 10 Careful, church, careful… ancient Israel tasted and forsook God’s blessings and chose idolatry leading to destruction. v1-13 Do not be idolaters. v7 Do not be sexually immoral. v8 Do not put Christ to the test. v9 Do not grumble. v10 Ancient Israel was an example to the church, so…
By J.C. Ryle In the last place, I will set down some particular rules of conduct which I strongly advise all young men to follow. (1) Resolve at once, by God’s help, to break off every known sin, however small. Look within, each one of you. Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any…
Yesterday, Katie was in a store, and the cashier wished a customer on the way out to have a happy holiday weekend. The customer replied, “It’s a holiday weekend? What holiday is it?” The cashier said, “The 4th of July.” The customer replied, “Oh, I don’t celebrate the 4th of July — it’s not that…
God of all mercy, Your mercies are new every morning. Grant a spirit of vigor rather than stupor for your people. Give us eyes to see and ears to hear today. Amen. r“God gave them a spirit of stupor,seyes that would not seeand ears that would not hear,down to this very day.” – Romans 11:8…
Over the past 15 or so weeks our Community Group has been working through the book of Judges. There are many lessons to learn throughout the book such as leadership, compromise, cycles of sin, cries for deliverance, and God’s grace. One of the most important lessons to learn is how quickly the Israelites became Cannanized…
While spending time reading and praying for revival this morning I was introduced to George Whitefield’s (1714-1770) list of 15 questions he would use to evaluate himself regarding his daily duties. I did a quick search for the list and found that Tim Keller had posted them in Twitter back in 2018. So here are…
Psalm 72:8: May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth! Governing officials in Calvin’s homeland of France harshly suppressed evangelical preaching, causing Calvin to respond with a message to the King Francis I in 1536 with His Institutes of the Christian Religion. For Calvin world…
Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips! Do not let my heart incline to any evil… –Psalm 141:3-4