by MrsJAllen | Oct 31, 2022 | 1corinthians
Learning to live selflessly isn’t only about setting aside our pride as we talked about last week. It’s also about choosing to set aside certain rights for the good of others. Setting aside our rights paints a much broader stroke across our lives and affects more than...
by MrsJAllen | Oct 28, 2022 | 1corinthians
In 1 Corinthians 8, we’ve seen another way the Corinthian church was missing the others-centered life that Jesus modeled for us. Their pride blinded them to how they were causing other Christians to sin against God. In the last verse of this chapter, Paul says he’d...
by MrsJAllen | Oct 27, 2022 | 1corinthians
We talked yesterday about the internal consequences of pride. Pride has a wider effect than the corruption of our hearts, though. It can cause us to harm other Christians, which is exactly what happened in Corinth. Read 1 Corinthians 8:7-13. 7 However, not all...
by MrsJAllen | Oct 26, 2022 | 1corinthians
It’s a great feeling when we know something someone else doesn’t. Whether it’s the best route to a burger joint, the proper way to change a tire, or the name of the president of Turkey, pride bubbles up in us when our knowledge surpasses everyone else’s. The same...
by MrsJAllen | Oct 25, 2022 | 1corinthians
Yesterday we did not look into the culture of Corinth yet. So, before we jump into the text, let’s get a little background. As we’ve said before, Corinth had temples for many gods, and one of the common practices of the day was offering sacrifices to those gods. They...
by MrsJAllen | Oct 24, 2022 | 1corinthians
We’re at the halfway point in 1 Corinthians. Since the beginning of this study, we’ve walked through Paul’s frustrations with the Corinthians’ actions. In chapter 5 we talked about sinful practices that even non-Christians deplore. In chapters 6 and 7, Paul spoke...
