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Who would deny that love is one of the largest (if not the largest) themes of Scripture? It is the most descriptive characteristic of God himself (1 John 4:8). . . .
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April 14 Study | Spiritual Gifts
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Every Christian has received grace (charis) and therefore has been given gifts (or charisma) from the Holy Spirit to be used in ministry in the body of Christ. . . .
April 7 Study | God’s Wisdom
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There is a mind-boggling profundity in the message of the cross. What seems to be a picture of weakness actually is the only true power to get us home to God. . . .
March 31 Lesson | Edification
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What constitutes success in the church? The number of seats occupied on Sunday mornings? The number of baptisms per year? . . . For the apostle Paul, one litmus test for church success surely was edification.
March 24 Lesson | Communion
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A secular proverb says, “When all else fails, read the directions.” The Corinthian church had trouble following directions . . .
March 17 Lesson | Selfless Liberty
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Simon Sinek emphasized that “Great leaders sacrifice their own comfort—even their own survival—for the good of those in their care.” The apostle Paul could have written that line. . . .
March 10 Lesson | Servant Leadership
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The divisions in the church at Corinth were mostly caused by pride, which ran counter to servant leadership. . . .
March 3 Lesson | Unity
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To say that the church in Roman Corinth had trouble with unity would be a gross understatement. They were divided over leaders, the nature of the gospel, the use of Christian freedom . . .
Feb. 25 Lesson | Seeing and Believing
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People in Jesus’ day saw the miracles, heard him teach, and watched him interact with people high and low. Still, many of them refused to believe. But for the Jesus followers of John 20, seeing was believing. . . .