Message:  1 Corinthians 12 introduces the spiritual gifts and for years I have read this as a how-to guide for being a spirit filled Christian. Today I read this from the perspective of the Greeks Paul was speaking to at... Continue reading →

Message:  1 Corinthians 11 contains some of the most misunderstood passages written about men and women and their behavior for corporate gatherings. It begins with instructions about head coverings and is compared with proper cultural understanding about men and women... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul was talking to the church of Corinth about some of the stories we just finished reading in Numbers. The children of Israel followed God by a cloud and he fulfilled their needs when they... Continue reading →

Message:  In Acts 9 Paul continued talking about all of his rights, and the fact that he gave up those rights in order to reach more people. This is what Jesus did when he came to earth and it’s the... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 8 Paul was talking to the church of Corinth about how they used their knowledge. Eating meat that was offered to idols was offensive to people who had lived their entire lives in idolatry and had... Continue reading →

Message: In 1 Corinthians 7 Paul was talking about celibacy and marriage. It seemed he was addressing people who were on one extreme or another and because they were setting rules there was a lot of sexual immorality going on.... Continue reading →

Message:  Numbers 22 is one of my favorite stories to read simply because I’m amused that God made Balaam’s donkey talk to him, and I’m even more amused that he carried on a conversation with him with no mention of... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 5 Paul was still correcting the church of Corinth. They had a man in their church who was sleeping with his father’s wife. This was not his mother but was sexually immoral and the church had... Continue reading →

Message:  In Numbers 20 the Miriam had just died and the Israelites were settling in Kadesh. This is the same place they had been when Moses had sent the scouts to check out the promised land. All but two had... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 3 Paul told the church of Corinth that he was unable to speak to them as spiritual people but only as carnal people because of their immaturity. He referred back to the way they had latched... Continue reading →

Message:  In 1 Corinthians 2 Paul is talking about wisdom, but he is reminding us that there is a natural wisdom that comes from maturity and experience, and there is a spiritual wisdom that only comes from the Holy Spirit.... Continue reading →

L Message:  Once again today there is an interesting parallel between what we read in the old and new testaments. In Numbers 17 there was jealousy and rebellion going on over who was chosen to lead the people. There had... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 16 Paul greeted and affirmed several people by name for their work in spreading the gospel. After he greeted them all he gave them a strong warning about people who caused dissensions and obstacles contrary to the... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 15 Paul was speaking to those who considered themselves strong in the faith and he urged them to “bear the weaknesses of those without strength.” To give up some of their freedoms for the sake of those... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 14 Paul told the church not to argue about “doubtful issues”. I don’t believe the context here is that the issues themselves were doubtful, but more so that the issues in question caused doubt in their salvation.... Continue reading →

Message: Romans 13 is a challenge like no other and a true test of our trust that God really is over all. Right off the bat we are challenged with the word submit. Women struggle with this word as we... Continue reading →

Message:  The reading today had a pretty strong parallel in meaning and it convicted my heart! In Numbers 12 Moses’s siblings, Aaron & Miriam started criticizing him because of his Cushite wife. Then they said “Does the Lord speak only... Continue reading →

Message: In chapter 11 Paul explains that God temporarily hardened the hearts and blinded the eyes of the Jews to make them jealous and to open salvation to the gentiles first. Jesus actually gave a parable about this in Luke... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 10 Paul had just been talking about Jesus being the rock that God placed for the Jews to stumble over. He was talking about his concern for their salvation because they had a zeal for God but... Continue reading →

Message: Romans 9 is a really difficult chapter. Paul was grieving for the Jews because they had rejected God. It seemed so wrong to him because they were the physical ancestors of Jacob and they carried the promise of the... Continue reading →