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10 mins read|03/13/22
Epistle: 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (Lent 3: Series C)
The promise is rooted in the fact that the only way we can endure any ounce of suffering in this life is because Jesus Christ is tending the soil of our lives. -
16 mins read|08/09/20
The Gospel and Thorny Issues: Paul on Christian Freedom in 1 Corinthians 10
We may never even get the opportunity to eat meat offered to idols, but a lot of things hinge on this test case: Is it permissible to eat the meat offered to idols or not? -
10 mins read|02/27/20
God Gives Us More Than We Can Handle
What the law is powerless to do, Jesus accomplishes for us. Jesus delivers what the law demands. -
14 mins read|08/24/19
Quentin Tarantino and Once Upon a Time in Israel
Jesus and the New Testament—good. Yahweh and the Old Testament—not really so good. So goes the popular, but largely whispered, dichotomy. -
12 mins read|03/17/19
Epistle: I Corinthians 10:1-13 (Lent 3: Series C)
To be textual in our preaching, we ought to do as Paul does, and drag our people through the Old Testament narratives. We ought to let the Holy Spirit do the illustrations. Of course, Paul’s illustrating too, but he’s doing it in the Spirit and using the Holy Spirit’s own vocabulary. -
15 mins read|07/15/14
How I Overcame My Fear of Christian Freedom
St. Paul talks about faith that is weak and by his description of what it looks like, I lived there; I've been the weak brother. It appears that a firm faith is that faith that trusts in the goodness of God for you based on something outside of you – not on some special, superior knowledge, but having your name known and loved by God.
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