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Early thoughts on 1 Corinthians
We are on 1-2 Corinthians this week at Heights Church. Some early thoughts in 1 Corinthians:
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“Eat This Book” — Gospel of Mark
On Sundays we are going through the New Testament at Heights Church. We are taking in big quantities of Scripture each week to reset the story of God in our hearts and minds.
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Our agendas in the Kingdom of God
Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, “Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!” Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!” So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the…
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The slow walk to maturity — ABSORB the Word
Don’t just “read” the Word. Don’t just “study” the Word. As believers, we are invited into a level of engagement with the Scriptures that doesn’t have any other parallel. Why settle for so much less?
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The question of whose side you’re on
We’re all about “taking sides” these days. We’re all about shouting and opposing and demanding, “You have to be on my side all the way or you’re just my enemy.”
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Sacred Territory
You are a partaker of the divine nature.
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The thing about the promises of God
Here is the “catch” with the promises of God. We still tend to equate “blessing” with “numbers.”
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Letter to a dead church
In writing to Sardis, there is an interesting note. Craig Keener points out in his commentary on Revelation that the two harshest rebukes in the seven letters of Revelation were to churches where even the cities don’t exist anymore.
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The pursuit of power and the powerless
Eager to get on with the business of setting up the kingdom, the disciples have little time for people who do not wield political power.
Category: Bible Study
