Your Ultimate Commendation (the One that Matters)
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by...
View ArticleLeaders Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;...
View ArticleHelp for the Hypocrites
All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins...
View ArticleNo More Excuses
And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 2 Cor. 8:5 I did a radio interview this week about Trusting God’s...
View ArticleThe Missing Piece in Gathered Worship
Tuesday Re-mix - Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. 1 Corinthians 12:27 If the goal of worship is to connect with God, then there are only two “grades” you can give...
View ArticlePreparing for the Wind
Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income,...
View ArticleThe Truth About Andrew’s Birthday Gift
Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 1 Corinthians 12:7 Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s...
View ArticleBreast-feeding the Church
Tuesday Re-mix - My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household have informed me that there are quarrels among you. What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”; another, “I follow...
View ArticleSpiritual Triage and Why We Don’t Get It
Tuesday Re-mix - It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife… So when you are assembled...
View ArticleGod’s Rule of Persistence
Tuesday Re-mix - Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what...
View ArticleStumbling over the “Stumbling Block” Metaphor
Tuesday Re-mix - Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. 1 Corinthians 8:9 I do not drink alcohol. I do have plenty of friends who believe...
View ArticleThe Truth About Spiritual Gifts
Tuesday Re-mix - Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed… to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 1 Corinthians...
View ArticleFor Heaven’s Sake!
Tuesday Re-mix - Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in...
View ArticleThe Two Kinds of People in Your Church
Tuesday Re-mix - Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any...
View ArticleWhen the Painful Part is Only the Beginning
Tuesday Re-mix - Now, regarding the one who started all this—the person in question who caused all this pain—I want you to know that I am not the one injured in this as much as, with a few exceptions,...
View ArticleThe Measure of Your Ministry
Tuesday Re-mix - Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you? You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known...
View ArticleLeaders Wobble But They Don’t Fall Down
Tuesday Re-mix - But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in...
View ArticleHelp for the Hypocrites
Tuesday Re-mix - All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting...
View ArticleNo More Excuses
Tuesday Re-mix - And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 2 Cor. 8:5 I think we, as church leaders, are guilty of...
View ArticleX-Men Origins: Joseph, the Dreamer
Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him all the more. Genesis 37:5 Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one and the same.God has revealed to Pharaoh...
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