In the book of Ephesians, Paul emphasized (as he always seemed to do) that the Gospel of Jesus Christ was not a new idea. Everything Jesus accomplished was part of God’s plan since “before the foundation of the world.” But there was one thing that was surprising about...
The apostle Paul’s follow-up letter to the church in Corinth starts off very meek and mild. However, in the second half of the letter, his tone changes and he deal directly with the primary problem in Corinth. The primary problem in Corinth is that there are people...
As we read through 1 Corinthians, it is vitally important for us to get an overall impression of the Corinthian church in our minds. We need to read the book from beginning to end and ask ourselves what life was like in the Corinthian church. Some of the problems the...
Growing up, I could probably quote more verses, and relate more stories, from the book of Acts than from any other book in the Bible. I thought I knew the book forward and backward. Unfortunately, the truth is, I had never even paid attention to the major themes. Some...
I often hear Christians boast that they listen more to the words of Jesus than they do the words of Paul. It isn’t that they necessarily deny Paul was an inspired apostle or that his epistles are Scripture, but they consider the gospel accounts to be first-class...