Paul's use of the image of the church as the body of Christ has a number of implications that help us understand spiritual gifts rightly and compel us towards utilizing them for the building up of the church.

Any talk about spiritual gifts elicits significant conversation in Christian circles. The majority of time will be spent considering the manifestation of the spectacular gifts. Our time will be spent ridiculing or recounting tales of tongues, healing...

Any talk about spiritual gifts elicits significant conversation in Christian circles. The majority of time will be spent considering the manifestation of the spectacular gifts. Our time will be spent ridiculing or recounting tales of tongues, healing...

How we eat says a lot about who we are and the company we keep. Just as there are certain cultural etiquette expectations when dining out, so too God says that there is a “right way” and a "wrong way” to come to His table. This message takes a...

How we eat says a lot about who we are and the company we keep. Just as there are certain cultural etiquette expectations when dining out, so too God says that there is a “right way” and a "wrong way” to come to His table. This message takes a...

A passage of Scripture about head coverings — what could that possibly mean for us today? The temptation is either to interpret it as meaning nothing for us today or to interpret it as meaning precisely the same thing now as it did then. More...

A passage of Scripture about head coverings — what could that possibly mean for us today? The temptation is either to interpret it as meaning nothing for us today or to interpret it as meaning precisely the same thing now as it did then. More...

Worship is a key aspect to faith. This should be obvious. What also is usually obvious is who that worship is directed at. Unfortunately, when a Christian exercises their rights in freedom, they can sometimes unknowingly point someone in a direction...

Worship is a key aspect to faith. This should be obvious. What also is usually obvious is who that worship is directed at. Unfortunately, when a Christian exercises their rights in freedom, they can sometimes unknowingly point someone in a direction...

The church has often had a poor (if not wrong) view of singleness — to the detriment of the singles in our midst. This passage of Scripture serves as a corrective to help us not make too much of marriage and too little of singleness.