“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #121 “Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they …
No Ethereal Pious Glow
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #120 “For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God” …
Love and Liberty
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #119 “If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. But if any man say unto you, This …
Not Seeking Our Own
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #118 “Let no man seek his own, but every man another’s wealth. Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: For the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof” (1 Cor. 10:24-26). …
Crucial Context
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #117 “All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not” (1 Cor. 10:23). There are verses where the surrounding context does not matter as much …
One Instead of Two
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #116 “Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils. Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than …
Gods and Devils
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #115 “What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not …
Sacramentals
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #114 “Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?” (1 Cor. 10:18). Paul here points to a covenantal reality that undoes quite a few metaphysical theories about the sacraments. What …
Breaking and Blessing
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #112 “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?” (1 Cor. 10:16). We are coming …
Armed Against Idolatry
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #111 “I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say” (1 Cor. 10:15). This cryptic statement is the segue between Paul’s discussion of the Israelites failures in the wilderness (given as examples to new covenant Christians), and …