Category Archives: Textual studies

1 Corinthians 14:16-22 (How can an outsider say “amen”?)

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Jay F Guin

The outsider (1Co 14:16-17 ESV) 16 Otherwise, if you give thanks with your spirit [NIV/NASB: “in the S/spirit”], how can anyone in the position of an outsider say “Amen” to your thanksgiving when he does not know what you are … Continue reading →

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1 Corinthians 14:14-15 (“I will pray with my spirit”)

Posted on April 17, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Spirit or spirit? Paul next addresses the contrast between a tongue speaker’s spirit (or Spirit) and his mind — (1Co 14:14-15 ESV) 14 For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays but my mind is unfruitful. 15 What am I … Continue reading →

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1 Corinthians 14:1-13 (Tongues and prophecy in the assembly)

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Jay F Guin

It’s time to finish the series on 1 Corinthians from a few months ago. We left off ready to begin chapter 14. Chapter 14 is famously difficult for us in the Churches of Christ because it deals with spiritual gifts … Continue reading →

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SOTM: Matthew 6:25-34 (Worry)

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jay F Guin

Jesus spoke these words: (Matt. 6:25 ESV)  “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more … Continue reading →

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SOTM: Matthew 6:24 (Mammon)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Jay F Guin

It’s been a while, but I need to get back to the Sermon on the Mount. (Mat 6:24 ESV) “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be … Continue reading →

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SOTM: Matthew 6:22-23 (The eye is the lamp of the body)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Jay F Guin

The next couple of verses routinely show in lists of difficult passages. (Mat 6:22-23 ESV) “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if … Continue reading →

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SOTM: Matthew 6:19-21 (Treasures in heaven)

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Jay F Guin

(Mat 6:19-21 ESV) “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal,  20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and … Continue reading →

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SOTM: Matthew 6:9-13 (The Lord’s Prayer: Part 3)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jay F Guin

So what would happen if adults acted out Jesus’ Parable of the Unmerciful Servant as told by children? Thanks to reader Orion.

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SOTM: Matthew 6:9-13 (The Lord’s Prayer, Part 2)

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Jay F Guin

(Mat 6:12 ESV)  12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. Another tough one. “Debts” is a Jewish euphemism for sins. And Jesus explicitly makes our forgiveness conditional on our forgiving others. In fact, in … Continue reading →

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SOTM: Matthew 6:9-13 (The Lord’s Prayer, Part 1)

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Jay F Guin

You may safely skip to 0:55 — For some reason, we in the Churches of Christ are reluctant to recite the Lord’s Prayer in church. Really. I mean, just as soon as I say the words, the absurdity of it … Continue reading →

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