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Washed, Sanctified, Justified
1 Corinthians 6: 9-11 Acts 22: 16 1 Corinthians 1: 2 Romans 3: 21-26 Paul warns this Corinthian church of their stumbling, their shortsightedness, their defrauding of one another. If they are defrauding themselves, their fellow brothers, what then has... Continue Reading →
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Theology of the Synoptics, Part 3
TH SYNOPTIC PROBLEM – CON’T. REDACTION CRITICISM This criticism seeks to determine the writers point-of-view by finding the editorial work carried out by his sources. An example of this is by Gundry’s approach to Matthew suggesting the magi visit was... Continue Reading →
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The Saints Will Judge The World
1 Corinthians 6: 1-8 John 17: 11, 16, 23 Paul has just strongly admonished the Corinthian church to act appropriately as a Judge and reject the incestuous man from their assembly. This then brings to light the new subject of... Continue Reading →
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Purity is The Standard
1 Corinthians 5: 9-13 John 17: 6-19 Deuteronomy 13: 5 The incestuous man that has been welcome in the current Corinthian church, Paul has just instructed them to expel. To tolerate his actions/lifestyle is bringing shame to the believers, and... Continue Reading →
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Theology of the Synoptics, Part 2
THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM – CON’T. Moderns have their own ideas, using human reasoning, as to the origin and production of the gospel writings. There is some validity in these critical studies, but there are problems with them as well. The... Continue Reading →
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Your Boasting is Not Good
1 Corinthians 5: 6-8 Exodus 12 Concerning the man in the Corinthian church who was immorally living with his step- mother, and the church elders are saying nothing, allowing it to exist, with perhaps even an arrogance of allowance for... Continue Reading →
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Theology of the Synoptics, Part 1
THE SYNOPTIC PROBLEM Considered first is how the synoptic gospels – Matthew, Mark, and Luke were compiled and written. Did they have common sourcing (called Q, German for quelle in theological circles)? For instance, there are only 30 verses unique... Continue Reading →
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The Power Of Our Lord Jesus
1 Corinthians 5: 3-5 Matthew 25: 31-34 1 John 4: 1 1 Corinthians 5: 3. “For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has committed this, as though I were... Continue Reading →
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Discipline in The Church
1 Corinthians 4: 17- 5: 2 Matthew 18: 15-18 1 Timothy 1: 19-20 Paul, in his introduction to this previous instruction, 4:1, said, ‘to regard himself [Paul], as a servant and steward of the mysteries of Christ’, was not to... Continue Reading →
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Introduction to New Testament Theology, Part 2
METHODOLOGY All of the books of the New Testament were written within 50 years of each other. New Testament theology is not concerned with periods or eras of revelation as was the Old Testament. Rather, revelations were made progressively made... Continue Reading →
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Let Go Of the Baggage
1 Corinthians 4: 10-16 Luke 9: 57-62 In their ignorance and pride, having been deceived by false teachers, the Corinthians have adopted an arrogance in their current view of Christianity. As materialism now seems a goal, they flaunt their wealth... Continue Reading →