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The Cleansing of the Temple …for zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who insult you fall on me (Psalm 69:9). Jesus entered the city and went up to the temple. It was Passover, the biggest … Continue reading
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Note: I’m pausing 1 Corinthians as we celebrate Holy Week. Not that every week isn’t holy, but you know what I mean. Palm Sunday The Triumphal Entry Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king … Continue reading
Therefore, my dear brothers, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain (1 Corinthians 15:58). Sometimes it feels like … Continue reading
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 15:56-57). His love desired that I have a choice–and I … Continue reading
Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? (1 Corinthians 15:55/ Hosea 13:14). The Emperor is naked. The Great and Powerful Oz is a little man in a special effects booth. The sixth-grade bully has a … Continue reading
When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.” (1 Corinthians 15:46) There is no “if” in this verse. … Continue reading
For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53). It simply won’t work. If you try to go into orbit without a spacesuit, things will not go well for you. It doesn’t … Continue reading
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, … Continue reading
I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable (1 Corinthians 15:50). It’s not a question of rules, but of nature. Flesh and spirit are … Continue reading
The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who … Continue reading