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 →

Spiritual Truths

This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.  1st Corinthians 2:13  NIV   They sat down in the poolside cafeteria to have a drink.   As they did, they became aware of the discussion from a table next... 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 →

Spirit Not Men

so that your faith might not rest on men's wisdom, but on God's power.  1st Corinthians 2:5  NIV They came to his door.  He let them in.  They began meeting regularly to examine at the Scriptures with him.  Several months went by.  But something was missing.  The evangelists were convicted and sincere.  They talked of... 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 →

Weak Is Strong

But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.  1st Corinthians 1:27  NIV A small group of friends stood beside the hospital bed of an unconscious brother.  It had been three days since fall had left the young man... Continue Reading →

Wiser

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man's strength.           1st Corinthians 1:25  NIV The show started.  Somewhere in the darkness far above the crowd, he hung off of the catwalk.  Just as he began to drop down from the ceiling his carabiner caught on... Continue Reading →

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