High Above the Seraphim

To truly offer pleasing worship to our Lord, our lips, minds, and hearts must align in perfect harmony, and it is in this beautiful unity of spirit and truth that we find the essence of genuine worship. And what better way to achieve this than through the power of a great hymn deeply rooted in the scriptures? Such a hymn can take us on a profound journey, drawing out emotions not only from the words contained in its verses,…

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1 Corinthians 5 deals with the case of a Christian man who was carrying on a sexual affair with his own father’s wife. The situation had gone on for some time, while the rest of the saints at Corinth had done nothing. The man’s unrepentant condition now cried out for action by the church.

I’m curious how this man got to such a point. What factors influ­enced his decision to engage in sexual immorality — and to continue in it, unrepentant? Is it possible that the troubles in the Corinthian church might…

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If you would like to kill the work of your local congregation, then I have the perfect plan:

1. Skip services often and encourage others to skip, too.
2. When you do attend, come in late and cause a little disturbance. While there, take a good nap.
3. Always be critical and nit-picky.
4. Never volunteer to help, but always complain about the way the volunteers are doing things.
5. Even though you don’t want to volunteer, still act annoyed and put out when you don’t get an important job.
6. If asked directly to give your opinion, act like you don’t have one. Later,…

“WILD GOURDS”
(By Jarrod Jacobs)

“And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. So they poured…

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