For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. They all ate the same spiritual food and drank the same spiritual drink; […]
7/15/23 Daily Devotion – “If one part suffers…”
If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. . (1 Corinthians 12:26 NIV84) I think there are two ways to look at this verse. The first is to view it with our local congregation in focus. The second is to view it with the […]
7/14/23 Daily Devotion – Let’s avoid self-disqualification!
“Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.” (1 Cor. 9:26&27 NIV84) I crack a fearful […]
7/13/23 Daily Devotion – Live with a kingdom-of-heaven purpose!
“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.” (1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV84) We’ve certainly heard a lot of philosophizing in our society today about “living with a purpose.” The question always becomes, what purpose? Many […]
7/12/23 Daily Devotion – An apologetic strategy!
“I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.” (1 Corinthians 9:22 NIV84) Lately I have been putting a lot of thought into evangelism strategies that I think might work for the 21st century. Today’s verse addresses exactly what I have been thinking. Decades ago, most people […]
7/11/23 Daily Devotion – Are you compelled?
“Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.” (1 Corinthians 9:16, 17 NIV84) I absolutely love these verses […]
7/10/23 Daily Devotion – It’s about more than knowledge!
“We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God.” (1 Cor. 8:1-3 NIV84) Jesus claimed that the religious leaders and Pharisees knew and taught […]
7/09/23 Daily Devotion – We need to be other-oriented!
“Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, won’t he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother, for whom Christ […]
7/08/2023 Daily Devotion – Have you checked the foundation lately?
“For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.” (1 Corinthians 3:11 NIV84) Paul’s fundamental presupposition about the division within the Corinthian church is simply stated in our verse for today. He is telling the Corinthians that as long as we (Paul, Apollos, etc.) build upon the […]
7/07/2023 Daily Devotion – Are we ready for spiritual meat?
“I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans?” (1 Corinthians 3:2-3 NIV) This section of 1 Corinthians should […]
