When Wisdom Seems Foolish

The church at Corinth was relying too much on the wisdom and philosophy of the world. As a result, they were looking more “worldly” than they were “spiritual” inside and outside the church. Paul spends considerable time addressing their problems of divisions, quarreling, immorality, lawsuits, drunkenness, and misunderstandings about marriage, the Lord’s Supper, and spiritual […]

Taking the Right Approach to Christmas

The first two chapters of Luke give us more details about the birth of Christ than any of the other gospels. Luke tells us in his introductory verses that he writes this letter so that you may “know the certainty of the things you have been taught.” So it is with the Christmas story-let us […]