‚ÄúDon‚Äôt you know that you yourselves are God‚Äôs temple and that God‚Äôs Spirit lives in you?‚Äù (1Cor 3:16 NIV) I always understood this. We are God’s temple and we are the dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. In the ancient Hebrew life, there was a tabernacle, and inside the inner inner sanctum was the Holy […]
The Reward that Comes from Cutting and Chopping
‚ÄúThe man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor.‚Äù (1Cor 3:8 NIV) Labor: 2873. Œ?·??œÄŒøœÇ kopos, kop¬¥-os; from 2875; a cut, i.e. (by analogy) toil (as reducing the strength), literally or figuratively; by implication, pains: ‚Äî labour, + trouble, weariness. all of […]
Two Guys that Tried to Show me Jesus
I can think of two people in my past that showed me things about Christianity. One was the pastor of the first church I went to when I got saved in college. It was a little tiny charismatic church that had a lot of yelling and fainting and screaming and Allelujahing. The only thing I […]
What Convinced Me that the Dodge Viper is Sweet
‚ÄúMy message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit‚Äôs power, so that your faith might not rest on men‚Äôs wisdom, but on God‚Äôs power.‚Äù (1Cor 2:4-5 NIV) If I saw a brochure about how cool the Dodge Viper is, I would be impressed at the […]
The Ways of the Lord are Loving and Faithful for Who?
‚ÄúAll the ways of the LORD are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant.‚Äù (Psa 25:10 NIV) I think translating the Bible has so much of an impact that Christians should follow the idea that Muslims have toward translation, and call every translation an “Interpretation” of the Bible. All of […]
Get Your Authority from Something Bigger than 'Christian Fiction'
It seems that people have read a lot of Frank Peretti and come up with these ideas of spiritual warfare that look like scenes from the Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. The thing is, you don’t see scenes like this in the bible and Jesus doesn’t talk about life like this. When I […]
Abounding Grace on Main Street
·?ëœÄŒµœÅœÄŒµœÅŒ?œÉœÉŒµ·?ªœâ huperperisseuo, hoop-er-per-is-syoo¬¥-o; to super-abound: ‚Äî abound much more, exceeding. – 1 There are only two places in scripture where this word appears Romans 5:20 The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, 2Corinthians 7:4 I have great confidence in you; I take great […]
Asking God what your Calling Is
Mother Theresa said that she was glad God never showed her what her calling was. She said that if He did, she wouldn’t have picked up her first person. She would have been too scared.
Jesus Did It All
Look at this as all one paragraph, one sentence, without chapter/verse breaks. ‚ÄúBrothers, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God […]
Glorious Foolishness
I think the church at Corinth was getting caught up in Gnosticism. I’m not sure though, it would be worth looking up somewhere. the reason why I think this is because the emphasis Paul puts on foolishness. ‚ÄúFor the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are […]
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