Wrestle With God
Part 1: The oldest global pandemic A beloved brother has been engaged in some serious fasting recently. In the throes of suffering, he texted me yesterday morning: So…this whole fasting thing….while in the middle of an attempted 7 day fast, and contemplating the significance of our Lord’s 40 days in the wilderness…it struck me that […]
I’m contemplating 1 Cor. 1:10-18 today. It strikes me that we’re in a kingdom that is also a fellowship. Yes, Christ is king, but according to vs. 9 we’re called not only to be his subjects but his fellows. That word, “fellowship,” carries so many connotations and all of them are relevant to Paul’s point. […]
A royal greeting I’m reading through 1 Cor. again. It looks to me like Paul opens his letter with the theme of “the kingdom that has come and is yet to appear.” Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 1 Cor. 1:1 The role […]
Wrestle With God