Paul not only gave up his right to compensation in order to reach them with the Gospel, but he is willing to give up anything or do anything short of sin in order to introduce people to the love of Jesus.

This week we applied Paul’s teaching on the weaker and stronger brother to the topic of alcohol. Whatever your perspective, we can all grow in our handling of sensitive matters by looking at those matters through the lens of the Gospel.

Your life has the exact ingredients God needs to make something extraordinary.

Your body is not mere flesh and bone, to be used in whatever way you desire. You are spiritual being bought with the blood of Christ, to be used for his glory.

Sometimes we need to remind ourselves how much we need Jesus to speak hope and eternity into our temporary minds.

By graciously working through personal disagreements privately, Christians can honor Christ publicly.

According to Scripture, Christians should be slow to judge those outside the church who don’t believe in Christ and willing to hold accountable those within the church who do.

A spiritual leader worth following is one that is hungry, humble, and holy.

When we sever ourselves from the community of faith, we separate ourselves from one of the most powerful expressions of God’s presence.

A spiritually mature person is one who receives and obeys what God has communicated to us through His Word.