Category Archive: 1 Corinthians

Jun 20

The Frustrations and Joys of Being Betrothed to God (1 Corinthians 13.12)

Indeed, one of the great blessings of the gospel is the opportunity to be reconciled with a holy, righteous, all knowing, personal God of grace and mercy. The way into the Most Holy Place has been opened to us through the atoning work of Christ (see Hebrews 10.19-22). But, and this is an important but, …

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Jun 20

Knowing God Knows: The Joy of Being Fully Known (1 Corinthians 13.12)

As I wrote yesterday, one of the many manifold blessings of the gospel is that God is a personal God, capable of both knowing us and being known by us. One of the many Scriptures that teach us this amazing truth is found in 1 Corinthians 13. For now we see in a mirror dimly, …

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Jun 19

Knowing in Part: The Blessed Hope of a Personal God (1 Corinthians 13.8-13)

What is the most incredible part of the gospel? How would you answer that question? I would answer that question differently on different days, as I am sure you would, too. On some days, when I feel very small in the cosmic scheme of things, the most incredible aspect about the gospel is that God …

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May 15

The Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5.10-6:2)

It is often strange to find one of the most significant passages in all of the New Testament to be wrapped up in a confusing context. I memorized 2 Corinthians 5.17 years ago (“if anyone be in Christ, they are a new creation; the old has passed away and new has come.”) But the larger …

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May 01

The Gospel If (1 Corinthians 15.1-2)

As I study to preach on Philippians 3.11-21, I am struck by the conditional language of Philippians 3.11, where Paul wrote that he might attain the resurrection from the dead. And even though he also wrote about his confident expectation that his body would be transformed like the glorious body of His resurrected Lord (see …

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