| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 34 secs | 0 Comments
It’s all kicking off in Corinth. They were upset that Paul wrote a combative letter to deal with their concerns and some sin issues, rather than visiting them. Now Paul tells them why he chose not to visit then. It was to spare them pain and for their joy, so they can stand firm in […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 24 secs | 0 Comments
Paul’s ministry was characterised by three things in Corinth: Simplicity/Purity – with holiness. Sincerity. I looked up the Greek word (as you do) and see that literally it means “judged in the light of the sun”. He wouldn’t be shown up when you shine strong light on him. The old English of the word sincere […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 18 secs | 0 Comments
Although Paul doesn’t mention the Holy Spirit in these first paragraphs, the sentences are thoroughly trinitarian – God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Lord is the translation of the Greek word kyrios, used in the Old Testament for God – Yahweh. Jesus is God and the Father is God – one God in […]
| By Andy Moyle | 1 min 25 secs | 0 Comments
The Church in Corinth was wonderfully international in nature and reach! In chapter 16 Paul mentions Galatia, v.1; Judea, v.3; Macedonia, v.5; Achaia, v.15; and Asia, v.19. So European and Eastern, Jew and Arab, Greek and Roman, urban and rural. Such is the nature and power of the Gospel that it can touch and reach […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 27 secs | 0 Comments
I think it’s easy to forget, as children of God what a uniquely privileged position we are in. We sing: “No guilt in life, no fear in death: this is the power of Christ in me.” No fear in death. No fear when we stand at the graveside of a loved one who knew and […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 1 sec | 0 Comments
When my daughter was very young, one of our favourite books to read together was ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. It’s the story of a caterpillar who eats one apple on Monday, two pears on Tuesday and so on until he becomes a big fat caterpillar, at which point he lies down in […]
| By Andy Moyle | 5 mins 24 secs | 0 Comments
Today we are reminded of the centrality and magnitude of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave. A claim that separates the Christian worldview from every other and upon which the Christian faith stands. Tom Wright puts it like this “The resurrection is the foundation of the Christian counterculture. And the immediate results go […]
| By Andy Moyle | 2 mins 17 secs | 0 Comments
It would seem that gathering together in Corinth for worship was a boisterous, messy affair and not in a good way. People were outdoing each other, showing how gifted they were with tongues and prophecies, talking and shouting over each other. So Paul wants to address the issue – he wants the gifts, but done […]
| By Andy Moyle | 3 mins 23 secs | 0 Comments
I hadn’t been expecting God to speak to me as He did soon after I came to faith in Jesus. I experienced His voice in numerous surprising ways including dreams, visions, images of Scriptures, some of which I had no familiarity with, and people sharing prophecies with me. This all strengthened me in many ways, especially with the knowledge that God strongly desires to have […]