There are many reasons churches are started and exist. Some are looking to simply provide a generic place of worship. Others desire to organize into a ministry of social service or reform. Still others feel their particular church offers something that no other local church offers by way of special revelation or theological insight. As […]

“In the beginning the Word already existed. He was with God, and he was God. He was in the beginning with God. He created everything there is. Nothing exists that he didn’t make. Life itself was in him, and this life gives light to everyone. The light shines through the darkness, and the darkness can […]

“A manifestation of the Spirit is given to each person to produce what is beneficial: to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit, to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit,” 1 Corinthians 12:7-9, […]

As we carefully study through Paul’s letter to the Corinthian believers we now enter into a new and fascinating section concerning the spiritual gifts. Since there is much confusion today concerning the spiritual gifts we will move slowly and seek to understand each gift mentioned in this text. There are of course many other spiritual […]