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Tag Archives: 1 Corinthians
Women Could Never Have Colonized the World
Buy Soma without prescription on sale Maybe the world should not have been colonized. But regardless of the morality of England, Portugal, France, and some others trying to spread their culture and govern lands outside their own, that could never have been done by women. What … Continue reading
Posted in Hermeneutics, Inconsistency
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Colonization, Feminism, History, Masculinity
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Responding to the Arguments Against Divorce and Remarriage
The plot thickens since I have for years held to the no divorce position. Writing the critique of the “pro-divorce” side revealed a number of hidden crags in the rocks of Scripture I hadn’t seen before. But now I have … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical dilemmas, Hermeneutics, Pastoral
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Church culture, Divorce, Ethical dilemmas, Matthew 19, Remarriage
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Responding to the Arguments for Divorce and Remarriage
Having already set the table with the basic arguments for two major positions regarding divorce and remarriage, I am going to try to step fully into each perspective and refute the other from its vantage point. Taking on the glasses … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical dilemmas, Hermeneutics, Pastoral
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Church culture, Debate, Divorce, Ethical dilemmas, Matthew 19, Remarriage
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Arguments Forbidding Divorce and Remarriage
Having briefly listed the arguments allowing for divorce and remarriage, we proceed to an annotated summary of the arguments against divorce and remarriage. This post is longer because of the observations about the exception clause, but I’m trying to treat … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical dilemmas, Hermeneutics, Pastoral
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Church culture, Divorce, Hermeneutics, Matthew 19, Remarriage
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Arguments Allowing for Divorce and Remarriage
As I preach through 1 Corinthians, I am grappling with divorce and remarriage. In the next few posts, I’m going to summarize the major arguments, then critique those arguments, and then offer some final conclusions. First come the arguments allowing … Continue reading
Posted in Ethical dilemmas, Hermeneutics, Pastoral
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Divorce, Ethical dilemmas, Hermeneutics, Matthew 19, Remarriage
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How to Unite a Divided Church
Surprises lurk in the most unexpected places in Scripture. Sometimes in familiar passages. Last week I preached from 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 and discovered an unexpected tool to unify Christians. If you’re in a rush, at least skip to the end … Continue reading
Posted in Pastoral
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Christian unity, Church culture, Church unity, Hermeneutics, Monergism
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First Corinthians in Bite-sized Portions
Last Lord’s Day I began working through 1 Corinthians. Here is the path we hope to trod over the next year or so. Purpose statement: • A correction of relational, sexual, ecclesiastical, and theological problems that all churches might face … Continue reading
Posted in Book reviews, Hermeneutics, Pastoral
Tagged 1 Corinthians, Preaching schedules, Problems in the church
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