1 Corinthians

For The Good of All: “Gift of Tongues”

The gift of tongues is both a public and private gift. Publicly it is used in worship and is accompanied by an interpretation for the building up of the body. Privately it is us...

The Least of These: You Can Live Without Love

It is a daunting task serving the least of these. We make a little progress, yet it is only a dent (if that). We become jaded or hard hearted towards the world and the people in...

Thou Shalt Not Other

For many, the George Floyd video finally and irrefutably revealed the ugly face of anti-black racism. And it’s not just a US issue. What is a biblically-appropriate respon...

Why the Resurrection Matters

God has raised Jesus from the dead. This is the bedrock statement of our faith and its a promise. Because Jesus is raised from the dead we know that God is renewing his whole cr...

We Will Be Changed

With the arrival of the Wise Men Jesus is revealed as king. And, as Jesus is revealed through the resurrection, we receive the revelation that we too will be changed to be like ...

All in All

What are we waiting for? We are waiting for God’s plan of salvation to be completed through Jesus Christ. At Christmas, we are declaring that the king has come and is coming aga...

Love Never Fails

There are things that are a part of our lives while we wait for the completion of our salvation. Some of those seem really dynamic and important right now. In fact, some of thos...

A Person for Others

As we wait, Jesus doesn’t call us to a cloistered life. We are a people on mission, so we are to have a posture of seeking the good of all people, even over our own rights. In t...

Fools for Christ

At a time of year when we can purchase and possess anything we want, which promises at least temporary happiness, aren’t we foolish to be a people who wait? Yes, we are. We are ...

We Are…Spiritually Equipped

We believe that God has gifted his body of believers, men and women equally, for the work of discipling and mission. Every believer has been equipped by God’s Spirit to build up...

Things that Prevent Healing

Divine healing isn’t magic. We do not wield Jesus’s name like an incantation, guaranteeing a prescribed result. Healing is a part of our relationship, rooted in the grand story ...

It Actually is a New World

Jesus has been raised from the dead so everything is changed. The old rules no longer apply—a whole new world has begun.

Healing is the Work of the Church

If we’ve put divine healing in it’s proper context, then it is clear that divine healing isn’t not just an internal blessing for God’s people. Rather, healing is a gift given to...

Evangelism and the Holy Spirit

We can get caught up in methods and strategies of how to make people believe us and become like us. And, if we’re honest, we have used some methods that have been just plain bad...

Evangelism and the Gospel

When we use the language of evangelism, we know that we are called to share the good news (gospel). But, what is the good news? Many have been taught that the good news is that ...

The Gift and Gifts of the Spirit

When we give each other gifts it is usually to express love to another person. That is certainly an element of receiving gifts from the Spirit, but these gifts are not aimed at ...

Marriage Workout

Marriage is a small, more intimate community rooted in the Spirit. This makes it good, but like all communities, it cannot be taken for granted. We must be intentional to cultiv...

One Size Doesn’t Fit All

As we begin a new series designed to examine what God says about Christian marriage, it is important we begin by recognizing not everyone is called to be married. Some people ar...

Changing Our Focus

Our culture has become obsessed with sex with the overarching message that if you’re not having regular, exciting, and fulfilling sex then you’re missing out and the...

In It to Win It