by MrsJAllen | Nov 21, 2022 | 1corinthians
Paul has been encouraging the church in Corinth to live an others-centered life. This way of living exhibits the sacrificial love of Jesus in all areas of life from the local church to the family to the workplace. We live selflessly only through the power of the Holy...
by MrsJAllen | Nov 18, 2022 | 1corinthians
You might have noticed that we covered chapters 12 and 14, but we skipped over chapter 13. We did that on purpose. That’s because we often take chapter 13 out of the context of its surrounding chapters. We read it at weddings or during a marriage series, which can...
by MrsJAllen | Nov 17, 2022 | 1corinthians
Now that we know we have gifts from the Spirit, we need to know the proper way to use them. We don’t want anything to get out of hand. We want to be selfless with our gifts. But what does that look like? 1 Corinthians 14 is another one of those sticky passages we...
by Pastor Bumble | Nov 16, 2022 | 1corinthians
Today’s reading is a fun one. Over the years, it has been popular to use spiritual gift inventories and questionnaires to help believers discover their spiritual gifts. The major problem with these tools is that they’re an abstraction; we can take those tests...
by MrsJAllen | Nov 15, 2022 | 1corinthians
Think about the last time you needed someone’s help. Maybe you couldn’t reach the top shelf at a grocery store or you asked some friends to help you move. Even though it’s hard for us to admit, we all need help sometimes. The same goes for the church—we need each...
by MrsJAllen | Nov 14, 2022 | 1corinthians
First Corinthians can feel like a beat-down. Paul isn’t happy with how the church is acting, and the past 11 chapters have all been about what they need to fix. The Corinthians were selfish, which caused lots of problems. Paul’s main point is that Christians should...
