Kintsugi is a Japanese artform that mends broken pottery by rejoining the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold. It’s also a philosophy that is -- and isn’t -- like Jesus.
#1185: How does Nietzsche affect you? | 2 Corinthians 12-13 | Jeremiah 10 | Psalm 76
#1184: What’s the worst thing to fall for? | 2 Corinthians 11 | Jeremiah 8:18-9:26 | Psalm 75
#1183: What’s the nature of Christian argument? | 2 Corinthians 10 | Jeremiah 7-8:17 | Psalm 130
#1182: What does healthy stewardship look like? | 2 Corinthians 8-9 | Jeremiah 6 | Psalm 74
#1181: What precedes infidelity? | 2 Corinthians 7 | Jeremiah 5 | Psalm 73
#1180: Why is marrying an unbeliever stupid? | 2 Corinthians 6 | Jeremiah 3:6-4:31
#1179: What was Jeremiah's contribution to the OT? | 2 Corinthians 5 | Jeremiah 1-3:5 | Proverbs 15:8-9
#1178: What's the consequence of belief? | 2 Corinthians 4 | Zephaniah | Proverbs 15:6-7
#1177: How are Habakkuk's complaints like ours? | 2 Corinthians 3 | Habakkuk | Psalm 128
#1176: When are you saved? | 2 Corinthians 2:4-17 | Nahum | Psalm 71
#1175: How does God use your afflictions? | 2 Corinthians 1-2:4 | Isaiah 65-66 | Proverbs 15:1-4
#1174: What did Isaiah model in prayer? | 1 Corinthians 16 | Isaiah 63-64 | Psalm 70
#1173: Will our spiritual bodies be non-material? | 1 Corinthians 15 | Isaiah 61-62 | Psalm 128
#1172: What does it mean for me to prophesy? | 1 Corinthians 14 | Isaiah 58-60 | Birthday song
#1171: Why keep no record of wrongs? | 1 Corinthians 13 | Isaiah 56-57 | Psalm 69
#1170: How do spiritual gifts reflect the Trinity? | 1 Corinthians 12 | Isaiah 54-55 | Proverbs 14:27-35
1 Corinthians 12 is one of the more popular chapters in the Bible precisely because it addresses spiritual gifts. And while that’s not wrong, it’s useful to see it in the greater context of what Paul’s been talking about. One part of that, then, you might guess given our focus question today is, “How do spiritual gifts reflect the Trinity
#1168: In what did Paul ground his argument? | 1 Corinthians 11 | Isaiah 48-50:3 | Proverbs 14:23-26
In what does Paul ground his argument? Right up front you’re going to hear him argue “Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ (1 Co 11:3–4, CSB),” but he’s not arguing for an order of authority, he’s assuming it as he applies to to a couple problematic particularities in Corinthian worship services.
#1167: What does Christian freedom look like? | 1 Corinthians 8-11:1 | Psalms 66-67, 123
#1166: Why celibacy and singleness? | 1 Corinthians 7 | Isaiah 45:14-47:15 | Proverbs 14:22
If you think about it, whatever the length of your life here, an eternity in heaven is going to utterly dwarf your 60 or 80 or 100 years here. When you look at it this way, it kinda puts it all in perspective, especially when you think about how much time we spend pursuing earthly things like our sexual desires. Why celibacy and singleness? Today on #forthehope.