Paul had addressed the Corinthians’ tendency to exalt certain messengers of Christ in 1 Corinthians 3:1ff. As he writes the letter we know as 2 Corinthians, it doesn’t seem as if his words had their desired effect. The Corinthians still seem caught up with the messenger rather than the message. The situation has been exacerbatedContinue reading “Don’t Miss the Treasure”
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Death Row Discipleship
In 2 Corinthians 1:8-11, Paul speaks to the Corinthians about an extreme crisis he and his companions were delivered from while in the province of Asia as an example of his experience living under “the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort” (v. 3). While we might be tempted to think of theContinue reading “Death Row Discipleship”
Caring and Committed
In 2 Corinthians 8 & 9, we have a minister to the Gentiles raising funds for Jewish people. That might sound a little strange to us, but it is totally consistent with the biblical principle that we are people first and everything else (all of the adjectives we choose to describe ourselves) is a distantContinue reading “Caring and Committed”
2 Corinthians
Something about 2 Corinthians Death Row Discipleship (1:8-11) The Triumph of the Broken and Burdened (2 :14-16) Letters and Life (3) I Can Only Imagine (3) Life Without a Veil (4) Don’t Miss the Treasure (4:7) The Judgement (1) (5:10) The Judgement (2) (5:10) Caring and Committed (8-9) God’s POV (10) Life Among the ThornsContinue reading “2 Corinthians”
Numbers
Hearing the Message of Numbers Counting on God (1) Bored with their Blessings (11) Something You Can Always Ask For (13) Falling Forward (13-14) Trifling With God (20:2-12) Dealing with the Detested (21) Blessing and Cursing (22-24) The law, the land, and the Lord (27, 36) Prayer and Humility (32) Alive but not Liberated (35)Continue reading “Numbers”
2 Peter 3–End of the World? (2)
Peter speaks in 2 Peter 3 of a coming/day of the Lord/day of God where the heavens and earth will be destroyed and replaced by a new heaven and earth. In a previous post, I laid the groundwork for concluding that this day of the Lord is not the return of Jesus at the end of time because the objection fromContinue reading “2 Peter 3–End of the World? (2)”
2 Peter
The Good News is not the Fake News (1:16-21) False Prophets (2:1-3) A lot to learn from Lot (2:7-9) 2 Peter 3–End of the World? (1) 2 Peter 3–End of the World? (2)
1 Peter
Living As Exiles (1:1) Election Reflection (1:1) Defying The Darkness (1:3) Last Meals and Living Hope (1:3) An Identity for All Times (1:6-7) Trust God and Put Your Name On It (1:6-7) Too Wonderful for Words (1:8) Circling the Son (1) Healthy Holiness (1:15-16) Thinking About Reverence (1:17) Changing the World (2:18) Living Out theContinue reading “1 Peter”
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A Tornado and a Tragedy
If you live in the South you know this, but if you grew up in the South you understand it’s a way of life. You take it for granted that with spring comes azaleas, dogwoods, pollen and bad weather. Fierce thunderstorms and occasional tornadoes dot our existence. Every so often, they result in the tragicContinue reading “A Tornado and a Tragedy”
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