“Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.” 1 Corinthians 9:24 ESV Reflection: what are you chasing to win? Not many things in life actually matter. But to identify what those are, and to really fight for those, […]
“For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward, but if not of my own will, I am still entrusted with a stewardship. What then is my reward? That in my preaching I may present the gospel free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in
“But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.” 1 Corinthians 8:9 ESV Reflection: does your right as a Christian trump the weakness of other believers? There are some churches you can walk into and start wondering whether you walked into a rock concert. The music
“yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.” 1 Corinthians 8:6 ESV Reflection: why do we exist? The purpose of life might be the most pondered question of all
“But whoever loves God is known by God.” 1 Corinthians 8:3 NIV Reflection: who actually knows you? At church yesterday, the pastor’s wife shared with the congregation that one of the kids in the youth group had gotten hurt in an off-road motorcycle accident. He was at one of the local hospitals, fighting for his
