If you’ve been around church very long and you’ve heard about “spiritual warfare”, you’ll find one of the key passages on the subject in today’s Bible reading*. Paul says, “For although we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh, since the weapons of our warfare are not of the…
In today’s Bible reading*, Paul talks about people supporting his mission work. He says that even in the midst of financial hardship, the Macedonian churches gave out of their poverty to support God’s work. He says, ” I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord, they…
What does Paul mean when he tells the Corinthians to “come out and be separate” and to not be “unequally yoked” in today’s Bible reading*? (2 Corinthians 6:14, 17) Does he mean that Believers are supposed to only deal with Christian businesses? Maybe Believers should live in communes to avoid contamination from the world. Maybe…
I mentioned yesterday the importance of noting repeated words and phrases in a limited number of Bible verses. In today’s Bible reading*, “pain” and its derivatives occur seven times in 2 Corinthians 2:1-7. Evidently, not all was well between the Apostle and the church at Corinth. Where the first paragraph in 2 Corinthians 1 was…
In today’s Bible reading*, Paul discusses spiritual gifts. Spiritual gifts tends to be one of those topics that many Christians feel uncomfortable discussing. And unnecessarily so because Paul’s thesis could be boiled down to just three verses: A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person for the common good. One and the same…
In today’s Bible reading*, Paul talks about the importance of not causing an offense for other people, especially weaker brothers and sisters in Christ. Paul refers to a “law of love” by which Believers should live our lives. Basically, the law of love is a principle of humility, always being on the lookout for others…
