As Paul closed his letter to the church in Corinth, he found several ways to gently try to move them in the direction of unity within their ranks. As he opened, he mentioned that they should give in the same way as he had encouraged the Galatian church to give, in a way challenging them…
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This chapter records a very sorry episode in Israel’s history. It had been a long time since Israel had entered the Promised Land, and yet this portion of the tribe of Dan had not yet taken possession of their inheritance. The reason? Likely a lack of initiative and also being satisfied with the status quo….
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Have you ever considered how powerful your words can be? For some people, words come so easily that they don’t think about the impact even a casual word can have. There were some good things to remember from today’s reading. Verse 4 of chapter 18 said, “Words from wise people are like water bubbling up…
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In this chapter Paul addressed the most important aspect of the Christian faith. Jesus was raised from the dead. All other major religions have a founder who is dead. But the tomb of Jesus is empty. The unthinkable happened. Jesus’ tomb only held its occupant for three days. The reason that this is important is…
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If you know a little of American history, and specifically about the 1800s before the West was settled by those who migrated from the East, you’ll probably be familiar with the phrase “The Wild West”. That moniker was coined because during those days before government was established with the accompanying law and order, everyone pretty…
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Have you ever known a fool? How about a person who’s wise? In your experience, are there more of the foolish or more of the wise? As I was getting my haircut last week, I looked down at the black drape that my barber had put around me to keep the hair off, and I…
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Here we are again discussing spiritual gifts. And, once again, we see that people haven’t changed much since Paul wrote these words. The Corinthians seem to be having disputes over what is the best spiritual gift to have, and it appears that speaking in other languages, or as we say today “speaking in tongues” is…
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When we last left Samson he had just left his new wife, who was a Phiistine, and returned to his father’s house, after having killed 30 Philistines at his wedding celebration. Today, as we rejoin him, his anger has cooled and he goes to his father-in-law’s house to make up with his wife, gift in…
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Again, in doing background study on these chapters so full of wisdom, I came upon some words by Joseph Parker in “The People’s Bible”. Here he is commenting on Proverbs 14:26. He says: “Such is the testimony of the ages. The Bible is full of illustrations of the action of this doctrine. In no book probably…
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Today we’ll read two of my favorite chapters in the entire Bible. Of course, if you’ve been listening to the LSFB for long, you know that I have several favorite chapters, right? Let’s discuss both chapters just a little. In chapter 12, Paul is addressing another issue that is bringing this argumentative Corinthian church another…
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