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 →

Message: There is so much going on in Romans 8! Some of the most popular scriptures that Christians talk about are found in this chapter but it comes together as one fluid thought when you read the entire chapter in... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 7 Paul uses their understanding of the Mosaic Law in regard to marriage in order to explain their relationship to the law after receiving Christ. According to the law, when a woman married a man she was... Continue reading →

Message:  In Acts 6 Paul answers the questions that tangle up so many Christians. Now that we are “free from the law” is it acceptable to continue in sin knowing that God’s grace will be multiplied to cover it all?... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 5 Paul had just established that we have righteousness through faith. Yesterday we talked about how easy it is to get this backwards and try to prove our righteousness through works. But when we understand that we... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 4 Paul used Abraham as an example to show that he was credited as righteous due to his faith before he was even circumcised. The idea of having right standing before God without being circumcised was a... Continue reading →

Message:  In Romans 3 Paul uses a lot of compare and contrast to explain the righteousness of God. He poses the question: who is better off? Jews or Gentiles? He answers his own question and many others by explaining that... Continue reading →

Message/Application: In Romans 2 Paul pulled away the crutches that we all use to prop up our own perceived righteousness. For the Jews it was circumcision and the law. They saw themselves as privileged and untouchable regardless of how they... Continue reading →

Message: In Romans 1 I noticed a dramatic shift in Paul’s approach. When he was ministering to the Jews he was pleading with them to search the scriptures and see that Jesus was the promised Messiah. His approach with the... Continue reading →

Message: In the last chapter of Acts Paul and the shipwrecked crew washed up on the beach of the unknown island where they ran their ship aground. The people were good and hospitable to them but they didn’t know them... Continue reading →