Articles for tag: 1 Corinthians 3

Lesson for June 29, 2014: Pursue Unity in Christ (1 Corinthians 1:10-17; 3:1-17)

This treatment of the International Sunday School Lesson is written by Sam E. Stone, former editor of CHRISTIAN STANDARD. ______ By Sam E. Stone For the next two months we will study passages from 1 and 2 Corinthians as we learn priorities for the people of God. Paul helped found the church in Corinth. A few years later (perhaps around AD 57), he sent a letter back to the congregation. After an introduction in which he reminded them of his apostolic role, Paul offered a prayer of thanksgiving. In today”s printed text he turns to one of the primary reasons

Better to Be Chosen Than to Be Needed

By Greg Allen There is a wonderful difference between being needed and being chosen. Acts 17 tells of the historic sermon Paul gave to the Athenians, when he used the altar to their unknown god as a way to teach about his living God. In the middle of that teaching he said, “God is not served by hands as if he needed anything.” The word anything applies to me too. God does not need me. He is infinite, almighty, and perfectly holy to the depth of his being, and doesn”t even need me to tell him so. God created the

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