A few insights into God's Word.
Watching television and movies is a favorite pastime of many people. People love to watch something. It allows them to escape into a different world for a short time. It allows them to step out of reality into a fantasy world. The things that people watch cover an extremely broad band of categories. Many of... Continue Reading →
"Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak." 1 Corinthians 8:9 One of the challenges that was being faced in the church of Corinth was whether to eat meat sacrificed to idols or not. The pagan belief was that eating meat that was sacrificed would... Continue Reading →
"I have the right to do anything, you say--but not everything is beneficial. I have the right to do anything--but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12 Paul now brings out a statement that the people were saying: "I have the right to do anything." They were probably looking a little at... Continue Reading →
"Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and mutual edification." Romans 14:19 During the time of Paul there was a lot of food being sold as food that had been sacrificed to some god. The devoted Israelites would refuse to eat the food that had been sacrificed since it was... Continue Reading →
"Don't you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey--whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness?" Romans 6:16 In America, and nearly all the rest of the world, slavery is looked down upon as... Continue Reading →
