Monday, April 20 2 Corinthians 2:12-16 “God uses us to spread the gospel of Christ” The section of 2 Corinthians beginning here and going to the middle of the sixth chapter deals with Christian ministry. While Paul was defining and defending his work in Corinth, he was giving us a measuring stick for all… Read more about Second Corinthians 2 and 3
Second Corinthians 1 and 2
Monday, April 13 2 Corinthians 1:1-11 “God is the source of all comfort” These verses give us a wonderful statement about divine comfort (vv. 3-7) and divine deliverance (vv. 8-11). First, we see that even the most devout of God’s people can become discouraged. Paul had experienced outstanding success in his ministry in… Read more about Second Corinthians 1 and 2
Pastor’s Post
ENCOURAGEMENT FROM GOD’S WORD “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct your paths” – Proverbs 3:5-6 I must admit that I find it more difficult to trust God in the hard times than when things are easy. Perhaps… Read more about Pastor’s Post
Easter Sunday
Monday, April 6 Matthew 26:1-30 “She did it for my burial” Jesus was at the house of Simon the leper, a man he had healed, when a woman came with a vial of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head. Speaking out of their materialism, and probably stirred by Judas’ murmuring, the… Read more about Easter Sunday
Palm Sunday
Monday, March 30 Matthew 19:16-30 “He went away sad for he had many possessions” The rich young man’s wealth prevented him from entering the kingdom of heaven. From this we learn that one should be careful of the lure of wealth (see Matthew 13:22). This passage does not suggest that wealth is wrong,… Read more about Palm Sunday
First Corinthians 16
Monday, March 23 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 “Now about the collection for God’s people” The collection to which Paul refers formed a major enterprise of his third missionary journey. Significant numbers of Jewish Christians in Jerusalem were impoverished, and Paul spent substantial energy raising funds from various Gentile churches in Asia and Europe to… Read more about First Corinthians 16
First Corinthians 15
Monday, March 16 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 “Christ was raised from the dead” While some in Corinth were denying the resurrection, they were almost certainly not denying life after death; virtually everyone in the ancient world believed in that. Rather, they would have been disputing the Christian doctrine of bodily resurrection and endorsing one of… Read more about First Corinthians 15
First Corinthians 14
Monday, March 9 1 Corinthians 14:1-12 “Prophecy and Tongues” In chapter 14 Paul concludes his discussion of spiritual gifts by encouraging the Corinthians to prefer prophecy to tongues. But he acknowledges a place for both, and for the other gifts, if they are made intelligible and exercised in an orderly fashion. Verse 1… Read more about First Corinthians 14