1 Corinthians

Claiming to Love God While Neglecting His Church

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Split-frame image: Left shows a person resting at home with a distant church steeple visible through the window; right shows a group gathered and entering a white church building at sunset. Illustrates the tension between personal faith and communal church commitment.

You say you love God. But your actions tell the real story. Jesus didn’t ask how you felt about Him—He asked if you’d obey. Discover why claiming to love God while neglecting His church doesn’t add up, and what genuine love for God actually looks like.

Why Your Child Needs Your Authority More Than Your Permission

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Father and child having a conversation on a path, representing parental authority and guidance

Your child doesn’t need unlimited permission. They need your steady leadership rooted in God’s design. Discover what 1 Corinthians 7 reveals about parental authority as love, not control.

Marriage, Divorce, and the Unbeliever: What Scripture Permits and Requires

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A couple at a table—one engaged in prayer, one looking away—representing the spiritual distance in mixed-faith marriage

One spouse believes. The other doesn’t. If that’s your marriage, you’re living with a spiritual loneliness that few understand. Scripture speaks directly to this situation—what God permits, what He requires, and how to find peace even when you’re not on the same faith journey. This is for you.

Sexual Desire Isn’t Shameful—It’s God’s Pathway to Marriage

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Your sexual desire isn’t sinful—it’s God-given. But the shame you may feel about it? That comes from somewhere else. In this post on 1 Corinthians 7, we explore what Scripture actually teaches about desire, marriage, and God’s protective pathway away from sexual immorality.

Sexual Sin Isn’t Like Other Sins

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Abstract golden human form against dark background, symbolizing the body as sacred temple

Discover why Scripture treats sexual sin differently than other sins. In 1 Corinthians 6:12-18, Paul reveals that sexual immorality uniquely violates the sacred design of your body—which belongs to Christ, not to yourself. Learn what it means to flee, steward, and honor your body as God’s temple.

Stop Managing It. Scripture Says Run.

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A broken chain lying on a sunlit wooden church floor — a visual of freedom from the bondage of sin.

Most believers who struggle with temptation aren’t trying to sin — they’re trying to manage. They set limits, move the guardrails, and try to keep it at a safe distance. But Scripture doesn’t prescribe management. It prescribes one word: Flee. Here’s what 1 Corinthians 6 says about self-gratification, your body, and the only strategy that actually works.

Puffed Up and Silent: How the Corinthian Church Failed — and What We Can Learn

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A group of inflated puffer fish with tape over their mouths floating in a vibrant coral reef — illustrating the concept of being puffed up and silent.

When sin was openly known in the Corinthian church and nobody said a word, Paul didn’t call it tolerance — he called it pride. A closer look at 1 Corinthians 5:1–2 and what the church’s silence is still costing us today.