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Run away (part 2)
The Corinthians wanted to argue with Paul about their right to eat meat sacrificed to idols. They even made the theological argument that they believed in one and only one true God–Idols are nothing,...
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Run away (part 3)
Do you believe in demons? I don’t mean the Hollywood version of creatures with claws or glowing eyes, or invisible forces that make your head spin around in circles and cough up fluorescent vomit....
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This is (not) a test (part 1)
The apostle Paul, as something of an absentee pastor, has to provide wise and prophetic counsel to the church in Corinth on a variety of issues. Some of these issues have been reported to him by...
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This is (not) a test (part 2)
In the previous post, we asked the question of what Paul could have meant when he wrote the following words to the Corinthians: “So I want to make it clear to you that no one says, ‘Jesus is cursed!’...
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Imagine that you and your young family hop in the car for a trip to the grocery store. You pull into the parking lot and notice a crowd gathered near the entrance. You can’t quite see what’s going on,...
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Like many of you, I’ve taken the Lord’s Supper with other believers in a number of different settings and traditions. In so doing, I’ve experienced the bread and cup in a remarkable variety of forms....
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Idolatry. It’s not a word we use much anymore. It carries the taint of ancient superstition, of the backward ways of people who lived before the age of scientific rationality. Sure, sure, let them have...
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