Love and the Spiritual Gifts, Part 3
Next in chapter 13 comes some of most controversial verses in this section. Paul writes,As for prophecies, they will pass away, as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect...
Love and the Spiritual Gifts, Part 2
Wrapping up his discussion of the body, Paul ends chapter 12 saying, “But earnestly desire the higher gifts. And I will show you a still more excellent way” (12.31). Here he seems to be saying, though the gifts are important and can build up the church, there is...
Revision…
One of my favorite quotes, though I don't remember who from, is "Writing is revision." However, revision takes time. Yuck! I preach it to my students, but most days I don't like any more than they do. It's hard!I haven't forgotten about my blog, again. But I am...
Thoughts on Love….and spiritual gifts Part 1
I have been learning the last few months that when reading the Bible things, like the saying goes, are not always what they seem. That what I had believed was true isn’t always the case, or at least, not the whole case.A few days ago, I was reading I Corinthians 12...
Okay…Okay…I’ll Write!
So, a little background information... For years God has been telling me to write. Whenever I ask him "what," he tells me to sit down to write, and he will show me. I'm not very good at this last part. Especially evidenced by the fact that I couldn't even remember my...
I”m back….sorta
Okay, since Rachel said its been more that four weeks (and I guess it has) I figure I better write something here.School has actually been going pretty well. I've been pretty swamped--six classes was a very bad idea--but I'm still loving it. I've taken up the first...