Mere Men

You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere men?  1st Corinthians 3:3  NIV There was no way that the two could see eye to eye.  His boss just did not like him.  But because his boss was away a lot,... Continue Reading →

Spiritual Milk

I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready.  1st Corinthians 3:2  NIV   The woman looked down at her newborn baby asleep her arms.  She had just experienced the miracle of giving birth to her first child.   She was still in shock... Continue Reading →

What God Has Given

We have not received the spirit of the world but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.  1st Corinthians 2:12  NIV He stepped cautiously up to the pulpit.  All eyes were on him.  It was graduation day and the whole community showed up.  He had been... Continue Reading →

What God Prepared

However, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him"  1st Corinthians 2:9  NIV From the time he was a toddler, he had been taught that God was preparing a home for him.  He could almost see the streets... Continue Reading →

Nothing But Christ

For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.  1st Corinthians 2:2  NIV Out of work and living in a foreign land, a young man was down and out.  He was struggling with the fact that the world was cruel and nobody was willing to take him... Continue Reading →

Boast

Therefore, as it is written: "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."  1st Corinthians 1:31  NIV He sat anxiously in the pew remembering fondly when his parents brought him to church each week.  But those years were lost now to the busy pressures of life.  He was pleased when the speaker stepped up to... Continue Reading →

Foolishness

For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  1st Corinthians 1:18  NIV   He did not understand the significance of the cross.  David grew up in a Christian environment and knew well the story of Jesus and... Continue Reading →

Divided

Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized into the name of Paul?  1st Corinthians 1:13  NIV The church that our David grew up in became divided.  Some felt strongly about some issues and others felt equally convicted of their understandings.  Good friends eventually chose to worship in separate places.  God´s children... Continue Reading →

Fellowship With Jesus

God, who has called you into fellowship with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.  1st Corinthians 1:9 NIV This was the day he had looked forward to for some time.  He waited patiently as the other children went first.  He was the last one to step into the water before the whole congregation. ... Continue Reading →

Thanks

I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus.  1st Corinthians 1:4 NIV Our boy David grew up to have sons of his own.  He always felt the love his parents showered upon him.  Now he tries to share that same kind of love with his own children.  But... Continue Reading →

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