Anytime you decide to take on a building project it is vitally important to find the right people who are committed to using the right materials and doing the work with skill, intentionality, and excellence. If any of these elements
The folks who called the church in Corinth “home” were mesmerized by the culture in which they lived. As we’ve been working our way through Paul’s letter to the church, we’ve talked about how the pursuit of worldly wisdom was
“A weary world rejoices…” You might think I borrowed those words from a recent headline unless you are familiar with the great songs of Christmas. Actually, the line comes from one of the most famous Christmas carols, “O Holy Night.”
Peace and the Grace of God But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power
We are learning some invaluable lessons as we are making our way through Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. In the opening of Paul’s letter we learned that the 1st church of Corinth was a divided church. Some liked
It has been some kind of year hasn’t it? I remember when we were ending 2019 and looking into 2020 with such hope and expectation. We had no idea did we? We had no idea that Covid was on the
There are those people who are able to take the twenty-six letters of the alphabet and craft them into words, assemble the words into smooth sounding sentences, add rhythm and rhyme, some emotion and inflection, and take their audience wherever
Connie and I were in Dallas yesterday. I went to speak at the funeral of a friend, a friend who was in my youth group when I was the Youth Pastor at First Christian Church in Plano, Texas. Big George
What is wisdom? What is foolishness? These are important questions that people in every generation have to answer. These two questions are before us today and they were before the people who lived in Corinth in the first century. What
In John 17, Jesus was on His face in prayer within the shadow of the cross. Shortly after He ended His time in prayer, those who would arrest Him appeared in the Garden of Gethsemane. Knowing He was facing the
