Devotion

QT 09/07/2024 Tue. 1Cor 9 READ http://www.esvbible.org/1cor9 REFLECTION: Do you often give up a right for the sake of others, even the local church you belong to? We saw in 1Cor 8 the duty to give up a right to eat food previously offered

QT 08/07/2024 Mon. 1Cor 8 READ http://www.esvbible.org/1cor8 Paul moves on to the next messed up problem - the consumption of food offered to idols. By definition, an idol is not a god at all ('We know that "an idol has no real existence"',

QT 07/07/2024 Sun. 1Cor 7 READ http://www.esvbible.org/1cor7 The Corinthians had previously written to Paul, "It is good for a man not to have sexual relationship with a woman" (1Cor 7:1). Paul preferred celibacy for them too (1Cor 7:7). But sexual immorality was

QT 05/07/2024 Fri. Ezekiel 1 READ http://www.esvbible.org/eze1 MEDITATION: The LORD taught His people that He would not and could not be boxed-in nor domesticated in a certain LOCATION, not even His own temple in Jerusalem. Other false gods of the Ancient Near East needed

QT 04/07/2024 Thu. 1Cor 6. Compatible Status？ READ http://www.esvbible.org/1cor6 LISTEN https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/esv/1cor.6 The suits against each other in the Corinthian church displayed disunity before the watching world (1Cor 6:1-8). The pursuit of "trivial cases" (1Cor 6:

QT 03/07/2024 Wed. 1Cor 5. READ http://www.esvbible.org/1cor5 LISTEN https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mclean/esv/1cor.5 Words like "love" and “inclusiveness" have been thrown around like gems. But Paul demonstrated that these gems come in pairs. The Corinthians of Paul's time abused "love"