Paul began talking about spiritual gifts with 1 Corinthians 12. In yesterday’s reading (Chapter 13), he talked about love. In today’s Bible reading*, he continues addressing spiritual gifts, specifically how the gifts should be used in the church setting. The first thing to note is that things were not just a little bit different in…
Today’s Bible reading* is often called “The Love Chapter”. Part of this chapter 1 Corinthians 13:4–7) is often used during wedding ceremonies. But Paul didn’t write this chapter to describe marital love. Instead, he wrote it to show the superiority of love over spiritual gifts. He goes so far as to say that without love,…
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…
Paul discusses several related topics in today’s Bible reading*. I think an appropriate summarizing word would be Contented. Paul discusses people who are married. They should be contented in their situation. Paul discusses singles. They should be contented in their situation. This isn’t to say that we shouldn’t set goals. This isn’t to say that…
Today’s Bible reading* includes a familiar parable of the talents. In the parable, a man prepared to go on a journey and entrusted his possessions to three servants. To one, he gave five talents, to another, he gave two. To another, he gave one talent. He gave to the servants according to each man’s ability….