Reading: 1 Corinthians 15-16, Psalm 148 Paul’s great chapter on love was the summation of his argument. Now he turns to the thing that the people of God really should be looking at. Stop looking for your rights, and start doing what is right, because Jesus rose from the dead.
Reading: 1 Corinthians 13-14, Psalm 147 Here we go. From Paul talking about head coverings and haircuts to one of the most famous writings on love in human history. Verses 4 through 6 are often used as the definition of love on cheerful and heartfelt knick knacks given for weddings
Reading: 1 Corinthians 11-12, Psalm 146 Yesterday I mentioned that when you read the Scriptures like this- in order, at a high pace, and without stopping to dig yourself a hole based on a single phrase- it becomes easier to see when things are being taken out of context and
Reading: 1 Corinthians 9-10, Psalm 145 One of the great advantages of reading the Scriptures as the pace we have been is that it becomes obvious when things are being taken out of their contexts. There are an unfortunate number of people who believe that people in Christian ministry being
Reading: 1 Corinthians 7-8, Psalm 144 Before we move on to the topics of chapters 7 and 8, I think it important to remind ourselves of the context in which Paul is writing. Corinth was a famously cosmopolitan city. It was wealthy, culturally significant, and self important. It was, in
Reading: 1 Corinthians 5-6, Psalm 143 Today we are starting into one of the least comfortable series of chapters in the New Testament in our present culture. The primary offense that Paul lays into the Corinthians about in chapter 5 is sexual ethics. It turns out that this is a
Reading: 1 Corinthians 3-4, Psalm 142 Today’s reading in the first letter to the Corinthians continues on in much the same vein as the it began. Paul continues to deal with the issue of the Corinthian Christians dividing and judging one another over various issues that are not particularly important.
Reading: 1 Corinthians 1-2, Psalm 141 Today we start reading the first letter of Paul to the Corinthian church. If you remember back to the book of Acts, you will recall that this was one of the many cities that Paul and his traveling companions visited during their journeys, and
Reading: Romans 15-16, Psalm 140 Today we reach the end of the letter to the Romans. I’m not sure the exact reasons that this letter immediately follows the narrative books of the New Testament, but it is certainly helpful to read it right after the gospel stories. Romans spells out
Reading: Romans 13-14, Psalm 139 Paul has wrapped up his arguments for the supremacy of Jesus as both judge and redeemer, the subjagation of all people to either the law of sin or the grace of God, and the new human life that comes not from meeting expectations but from