The challenge of Christians marrying again is potentially a thorny one. Firstly, the way in which Paul writes about here is against the...

The Jews-and therefore Christians as for the first few years of the Church it consisted almost entirely of Jewish believers (note Acts 2...

Verses 25 to 38 of chapter 7 do form a coherent paragraph, but fall into two separate parts, which it is easier to examine individually....

A very important principle which Paul gives here: Christianity is not to give a man or woman a new life, but to make their old life new....

This passage of teaching from Paul reveals him at his most pragmatic and has proved hugely helpful to many through the years who have...

Paul saw his single state as a gift, something given by God. It is very easy for the Church to tell those who are in their 30's and...

As with all missives that are written partially to answer a series of questions sent, the frustration here is that we don't know what the...

The reader is reminded in these verses that the worshippers at the church in Corinth were a motley bunch! Yes, some were wealthy, middle...

The church at Corinth were pushing the boundaries in more than one respect. There were wealthy converts inevitably, in a city which had...

The statement by Paul in this passage is an important principle for Christian believers: don't consider it your responsibility to judge...

The old ways of church discipline were very different than what we find today! I worked for six months as a student leader in a large...

Timothy was the messenger to whom Paul gave the responsibility of delivering this letter safely to the church at Corinth. It is probable...

Paul saves his most ironic comments for the Corinthian church and his words should challenge us who are Christian believers in the first...

I may be unique in my thoughts here or you may well relate to them, but I find verses like these in the opening chapter of Paul's first...

The rewards for a Christian believer are huge, far greater than any person could possibly imagine. However, as Jesus declared to...

Throughout his letters, Paul uses a multitude of images to accentuate his thoughts and to communicate them accurately to his readers. In...

Paul writes with sadness that he couldn't address the fellowship in Corinth as he would have liked. There attentions were still towards...

The only way to begin to understand the mystery of God is to accept His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe in Him as our Lord and...

It was a bold move for church-planting Paul to come to a new place and stick to the plain message of the Gospel. It would have been...

It can be observed by reading through Acts, Luke's account of the work of the Holy Spirit in the Early Church, that there were wealthy...