1 Corinthians 10:6-13 (WEL) Now these became our examples, for the purpose that we should not lust after evil things, as they lusted. 7 Neither be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play sinfully.” Exodus 32:6 8 Neither…
What Makes a Family Strong? By John Rosemond What makes a family strong? Not money or material things, but that ineffable thing called love. Love is both expressed and strengthened when a family does things together, things that create traditions and positive memories. With that simple principle in mind, here are 10 things you…
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (WEL) Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? So run, that you may get it. 25 All contending for the victory show self-restraint in everything. Now, they do it to obtain a corruptible crown, but we, an incorruptible crown. 26…
1 Corinthians 9:19-23 (WEL) 19 For even though I am free from all, yet I have made myself a servant to all so that I may win even more people. 20 To the Jews I became as a Jew so that I might win the Jews. To those under the law, as under the…
Leviticus 26:3-4 (EHV) If you walk according to my regulations and keep my commandments and carry them out, 4 I will give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees in the farmland will yield their fruit. If Israel obeys God’s laws given through Moses, then…
1 Corinthians 8:7-13 (WEL) 7 Nevertheless, not everyone [has] that knowledge, and some, with a weak conscience regarding the idol, at this present time eat [food] as being something offered to an idol. Thus, their conscience, being weak, is defiled. 8 But food does not make us more acceptable to God. We are not…
Chapter summary (Pett): “Paul now deals with a question central to the heart of every converted Gentile. In Corinth as in other Gentile cities idolatry entered into every part of life. It affected every aspect of life. The question then was how were Christians to approach the problem? “The main example dealt with in…
1 Corinthians 7:32-40 (WEL) I want you to be without worry. He who is unmarried worries about the Lord’s things, how he can please the Lord. 33 But he who is married does worry about the world’s things, how he can please his wife. 34 There is a difference also concerning a wife and…
1 Corinthians 7:25-31 (WEL) Now concerning virgins, I have no command from the Lord. Yet, I give my opinion as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord [and] to be faithful. 26 Therefore, I think it is best for this present distress that it is better for you to remain as you are.…
1 Corinthians 7:20-24 (WEL) 20 Everyone should remain in the same calling in which he was called. 21 Are you called while a slave? Don’t worry about it. But if you can be free, do so! 22 For he who is called in the Lord, while a slave, is the Lord’s freeman. In the…