A Holy Gift

Verse: 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 18 Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have...

Clarifications and Cautions

Verse: 1 Corinthians‬ ‭5:9-13‬ ESV  “I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now...

Combating Sin

Verse: 1 Corinthians 5:6,8 Your boasting is not good. Don’t you know that a little yeast works through the whole batch of dough? 7 Get rid of the old yeast that you may be a new batch without yeast – as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been...

What God Has Done

Psalm 98:1 Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; Psalm 9:1-2 I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High....

A New Perspective

Verse: Acts 24:22-27 Then Felix, who was well acquainted with the Way, adjourned the proceedings. “When Lysias the commander comes,” he said, “I will decide your case.” He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard but to give him some freedom and permit his...

Fight the Good Fight

Verse: I encourage you to read the whole of chapter 23.  I’m going to highlight specific verses and summarize the chapter so we have the context for the commentary. Acts 23:1 And looking intently at the council, Paul said, “Brothers, I have lived my life before God in...