4:21. I can remember as a boy in the church when the church organist took off with some woman. Nobody knew quite what to do, and eventually nothing much was done.
4:15. Paul is writing hypothetically as the founder of the church. Note 3 John 4. That is the Christian perspective.
Ps.138:6. ‘Nothing is more self-deceitful than pride,’ writes John MacArthur.
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We live in an age where there is a mania for surveys and evaluations.
John Stuart Mill is known as the great liberal political philosopher of nineteenth century England. He was also an atheist, but later in life he came to write of Christ: ‘When this pre-eminent genius of Christ is combined with the qualities of probably the greatest moral reformer and martyr to …
Paul has been wrestling with the Corinthians who have become divided over human teachers and wisdom.
Our response to the world needs to embrace more than lament, but a deep malaise has descended upon contemporary Western society. There is a hardness of heart, but a softness in the head; a trivialisation of life, yet a lack of humour; and a coarsened culture but a distorted sensitivity …
Salvation is by free grace, a gift – Eph.2:8-9. But there is still a judgment by works – Matt.16:27. Calvin says that these verses from 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 apply to ‘ministers alone’, but there are wider principles too.
Beware the cult of personality.
John’s Gospel records seven signs that point to Jesus’ authority.
