As he closes this section of spiritual gifts, Paul encourages the church to come together in an orderly fashion not a disruptive, whoever-feels-like-speaking fashion. He lays down some sound applicational…
Paul continues to show the benefits of prophesying over tongues for the simple and obvious reason that one is understandable. But the other is more 'exciting'. The Corinthians had a…
Paul challenges the Corinthians to pursue the spiritual gifts that benefit more people - in this case prophecy more than tongues. With the eventual disappearance of the role of prophets…
In this well-known chapter on love, Paul tackles the attitude one must have when using our spiritual gifts. Do we use the to impress people or serve people? There's a…
Paul introduces spiritual gifts here, emphasizing their purpose - unity - and distribution - all by the Holy Spirit as He wills. Our gifts are divine abilities when exercised in…
Paul teaches about communion in the context of the early church's communal 'potluck' supper, which served as an opportunity to not just have communion together but for the poorer members…
Here Paul wraps up his teaching on how to navigate through the grey areas in our Christian walk. He uses communion as an illustration about who we identify with. God…
