All Things to All Men: How Far Is Too Far to Reach the Lost?
Paul became all things to all men, but not without limits. See where Scripture draws the line in reaching the lost, and why the job is yours too. Read more.
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Woe Is Me If I Preach Not: What Really Drives a Faithful Pastor
Paul had every right to be paid, and he refused. What drives a man to preach when it costs him everything?
Should Pastors Be Paid? What 1 Corinthians 9 Teaches
Private jets on one side, empty pantries on the other. What does 1 Corinthians 9 actually say about caring for your pastor?
Better Together: Why Real Love Always Turns Outward
Real love turns outward. That sounds simple enough — until you realize that nothing inside us naturally moves in that direction. Romans 12 calls it “preferring one another.” Philippians 2 shows us why only God’s grace can actually produce it. And 1 John 4:20 tells us exactly what is at stake when a church stops showing it.
What Makes a Local Church Legitimate? Here’s What God’s Word Says
She had attended three different churches in two years. The first had great music. The second had a dynamic speaker. The third felt warm the moment she walked through the door. But sitting in her car after that third Sunday service, she called her sister and said something that stopped the conversation cold: “I still don’t know if any of these places are actually a church.” She wasn’t being cynical. She was asking a serious question — one that more people are asking out loud right now than at any point in a generation.
You Didn’t Choose This Church — God Did
God placed every member in the body intentionally — including the ones whose preferences drive you crazy. What 1 Corinthians 12 reveals about unity, generational conflict, and the church God is building.
Don’t Air the Family Laundry: What the Bible Says About Believers and Lawsuits
When believers drag one another into secular courtrooms over material things, the testimony of Christ pays the price. A verse-by-verse study of 1 Corinthians 6:1–8 — and what God’s Blueprint says about keeping the family’s business in the family.
Six Sins, One Standard: What God Expects from His Church
When a congregation ignores the clear instruction of God’s Word, He does not shrug and move on. He does not lower His standard to meet their comfort. He writes again — this time with greater clarity, greater urgency, and an expanded list of exactly what He requires. We are holding that second letter in our hands right now.
The Beacon Still Burns: The Local Church in a Nation That Has Lost Its Way
America has abandoned God — and the consequences are visible everywhere. But while a nation can lose its way, the local church cannot afford to follow. From 1 Corinthians 5, here is what God’s Word says about leaven, the cost of tolerated sin, and why the beacon must not go dark.
Puffed Up and Silent: How the Corinthian Church Failed — and What We Can Learn
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.