Category: I Corinthians 12

• The Parable of the Bricks

  By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. I Corinthians 3:10 But in fact God has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to…

  Blake

  September 6, 2018

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, Corinthians, Genuine Community, I Corinthians 12, leadership, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Gifts

  1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 3, bricks, build, church, foundation, leadership, mortar, parable

• The Truth about Spiritual Gifts

  Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed… to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.  1 Corinthians 12:1, 7 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding…

  Blake

  July 27, 2017

  5 Principles of Unity, Church Unity, Corinthians, Ephesians 4, Genuine Community, I Corinthians 12, Spiritual Formation, Spiritual Gifts

  1 Corinthians 12, 1 Corinthians 13, Apollos, Cephas, church, community, giftedness, Paul, Spiritual Gifts, unity

• Love the Porcupines…Quills and All

  …the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, and on those parts of the body that we think less honorable we bestow the greater honor, and our unpresentable parts are treated with greater modesty, which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so composed the body, giving greater…

  Blake

  August 20, 2015

  Christian Accountability, Church Unity, conflict, Corinthians, Forgiveness, I Corinthians 12, leadership, Spiritual Formation

  1 Corinthians 12, body, church, high-maintenance, leadership, love, negative, pastor, people, porcupines, projects, relationships, Rick Warren