I Corinthians 4:1-21 It’s amazing to me how different it is in reading these epistles in short spurts instead of reading long passages. Our RTB group has read through the entire Bible in one year probably six or seven times. When we do that our schedule has us reading multiple chapters in one day. The …
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August 17 / I Cor. 3:1-23
I Corinthians 3:1-23 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. (v. 10) I like Scriptural verses that relate to building. Carol and I even had “building” in …
August 16 / I Cor. 2:1-16
I Corinthians 2:1-16 For I determined not to know anything among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. (v. 2) Carol and I were on the road in North Carolina when I wrote this, but I am just now able to post it. Sorry for that megadelay! We just left some very dear friends, deeply …
August 15 / I Cor. 1:1-31
I Corinthians 1:1-31 I love Paul’s section on wisdom and foolishness beginning with verse 20. I spent my working life among the wise – college professors who were all experts in one thing or another. But their worldly wisdom doesn’t get them anywhere with God: For since … the world did not know God through …
August 14 / Acts 19:1-22
Acts 19:1-22 We got away from our chronology a bit when we read all of chapter 18 in one reading. Actually it was while Paul was in Corinth that he wrote both Thessalonian letters. His time in Corinth (his first visit there) is recorded in the first 18 verses of Acts 18. The remaining 10+ …
August 13 / II Thess. 3:1-18
II Thessalonians 3:1-18 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. (v. 3) A footnote in my Study Bible says that “evil one” could also be translated “evil”. Either translation works well, since the “evil one” is the source of all evil. But the front end of …
August 12 / II Thess. 2:1-17
II Thessalonians 2:1-17 I am intrigued by “the restrainer”. In verse 6 Paul tells the Thessalonians that they know who or what the restrainer is: And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. So evidently Paul made it clear when he was with them in person …
August 11 / II Thess. 1:1-12
II Thessalonians 1:1-12 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. (v. 4) As the Thessalonians read or heard the words that Paul wrote they must have enjoyed a certain amount of personal pride (which …
August 10 / I Thess. 5:1-28
I Thessalonians 5:1-28 Do not quench the Spirit. (v. 19) First David, then Michael encouraged us to become a “Three Streams” church – sacramental, scriptural, Spirit-filled. It’s not hard to buy into those first two streams; it’s easy to see that St. Andrew’s is both sacramental and scriptural. But I fear that there are too …
August 9 / I Thessalonians 4:1-18
I Thessalonians 4:1-18 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven … And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. (vv. …