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1 CORINTHIANS 11:27–34 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep (1 Corinthians 11:30). The Lord’s Supper is the sign of Christ’s presence among His people and of their unity in Him. As Paul chastised the Corinthians for their factionalism, he called attention to the … Continue reading “THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNION”

2 CORINTHIANS 4:7–15 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body (2 Corinthians 4:10). Having discussed how it is that even now believers are growing from glory to greater glory, Paul turns around and says that it frequently seems … Continue reading “THE KINGDOM PARADOX”

ACTS 19:1–10 But some of [the Jews] became obstinate; they refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way. So Paul left them. He took the disciples with him and had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus (Acts 19:9). On his way back to Jerusalem, Paul left Aquila and Priscilla at Ephesus. He preached … Continue reading “PAUL AT EPHESUS”

1 CORINTHIANS 3:1–10 Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual but as worldly—mere infants in Christ (1 Corinthians 3:1). Toward the end of his three-year sojourn in Ephesus, Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 16:5–9), answering a number of questions they had sent to him and settling many problems … Continue reading “LETTERS TO CORINTH”

MATTHEW 23:13–36 Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces (Matthew 23:13). The Greek word from which hypocrisy comes refers to the play-acting involved in the theater. A good actor was a hypocrite, but in time, the word came to describe people who … Continue reading “WHAT ABOUT HYPOCRITES?”

ACTS 18:7–11 Then Paul left the synagogue and went next door to the house of Titius Justus, a worshiper of God (Acts 18:7). After his brief sojourn in Athens, Paul went on to Corinth, a very large city of perhaps 650,000 people. Corinth was a major commercial center and had a large population of Jews. … Continue reading “PAUL AT CORINTH”

MATTHEW 26:36–39 Going a little farther, He fell with His face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will” (Matthew 26:39). Modern pluralistic people like to argue that there is something wrong with the God of … Continue reading “WHY ONLY ONE WAY?”

JOHN 1:1–5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1). We live in an age of unparalleled skepticism about the essential content of the Christian faith. There is a tremendous doubt concerning the origin of human life and of the universe. It is held … Continue reading “DOES GOD NECESSARILY EXIST?”

ACTS 17:16–21 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols (Acts 17:16). The city of Athens was the seat of Greek philosophy. Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle had lived and taught there. Before them Thales, Anaximander, Parmenides, Heraclitus, and many others had practiced … Continue reading “PHILOSOPHY AND SUPERSTITION”

ACTS 17:22–34 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent (Acts 17:30). Paul’s message to the philosophers in Athens is a good example of highly confrontational preaching. Paul begins by pointing at an idol made “to an unknown god.” For Greek philosophy, “Being” consisted of the known … Continue reading “JUDGMENT DAY IN ATHENS”