Tom Skeie

“But now I am writing to you that you must not associate with anyone who claims to be a brother or sister but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or slanderer, a drunkard or swindler. Do not even eat with such people.” 1 Corinthians 5:11 NIV Reflection: how can someone calling themselves Christian be […]

“Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” I Corinthians 5:8 NKJV Reflection: what is polluting your walk with Christ that you need to remove from your life?  In our current culture and environment, some churches

“For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power.” I Corinthians 4:20 NKJV Reflection: how can words have power?  I’m sure we all have been the recipient of a verbal attack at some point in our lives. Someone saying something to you that hurts, that stings. Might be very direct in some

“I urge you, then, be imitators of me.” 1 Corinthians 4:16 ESV Reflection: when others look at you, what do you want them to see and imitate?  We all have someone we imitate. Some might be more of a “free thinker” than others, but from an early childhood we are taught all sorts of norms.

“Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you!” 1 Corinthians 4:8 NIV Reflection: are you open for correction?  If I look back at my life, there

“Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God.” 1 Corinthians 4:5 ESV Reflection: spirituality speaking, who do you currently listen to and follow? 

“So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s.” 1 Corinthians 3:21-23 ESV Reflection: as a child of God and disciple of Christ,

“Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.” 1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV Reflection: have you ever deceived yourself?  Perhaps the favorite weapon of the devil is “deception”. How would we describe it? It basically is a

“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.” 1 Corinthians 3:12-13 ESV Reflection: what materials are

“The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.” 1 Corinthians 2:14 NIV Reflection: why is “humility” an essential characteristic of a follower of Christ?  Was listening to a Christian music