“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV) My stepdaughter (Kati Schmidt Woock) has a master’s degree in American Material Culture. I don’t know a lot about […]
7/5/23 Daily Devotion – We must rely on the Spirit’s persuasion!
“My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God’s power.” (1 Corinthians 2:4-5 NIV) The truth in these two verses is so important to understand. The persuasiveness of the gospel message […]
07/04/2023 Daily Devotion – ‘I resolved to know nothing’ but…
“For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.” (1 Corinthians 2:2 NIV84) I had not anticipated how emotional this devotion might be for me. This is the second verse (the first was John 3:16) that I memorized nearly 30 years ago. I wanted this verse to be […]
07/03/2023 Daily Devotion – It’s time to boast!
“Therefore, as it is written: ‘Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.’” (1 Corinthians 1:31 NIV84) It’s time to boast and take pride in our Christian faith. We have a God like no other religion on the planet. Seriously, the God of the Scriptures is not like any other god of any other religion […]
07/02/23 Daily Devotion – The Gospel is true wisdom and power!
“Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 1:21-24 NIV84) The Jews and the Greeks of Paul’s […]
07/01/2023 Daily Devotion – The wisdom of God!
“It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God — that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.” (1 Corinthians 1:30 NIV84) An important concept must be understood when contemplating the ideas of truth, reality and wisdom. If the ideas do not correlate to reality, then […]
03/17/23 Daily Devotion – They saw everything but understood nothing!
“He asked them, ‘What are you discussing together as you walk along?’ They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, ‘Are you only a visitor to Jerusalem and do not know the things that have happened there in these days?’” (Luke 24:17–18, NIV84) These two disciples who were on their […]
08/05/22 Daily Devotion – Even earthly death can’t take our hope!
“I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.” (1 Corinthians 15:50, NIV84) This verse is embedded in what is commonly called the resurrection chapter. In this chapter, Paul puts together his strongest argument that the Christian faith is not for this […]
08/04/22 Daily Devotion – There is power in words — His words!
“For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power.” (1 Cor. 4:20) Paul is providing us a contrast that I think is more vivid today than in his time. Today we have words and information at our fingertips. With the click of a mouse we can view thousands of pieces of […]
04/12/22 Daily Devotion – The connection between love and truth!
“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” (1 Corinthians 13:6, NIV84) We have been looking at the biblical concept of truth for weeks now. When you are up in the branches of a tree looking under the leaves for fruit, it is easy to lose perspective of the entire orchard. We can […]
