“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #90 “Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to …
Christ Identifies With the Guy Who is Wrong
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #89 “But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my …
Never Mind the Garlic Butter
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #88 “For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; and through …
Demon-Possessed Meat
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #87 “But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a …
Stumbling a Weaker Brother
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #86 “Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled” (1 Cor. 8:7). …
Unclean Versus Imaginary
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #85 “For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) but to use there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and …
Nothing in the World
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11). The Basket Case Chronicles #84 “As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one” (1 Cor. 8:4). Here …
Love and Epistemology
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #83 “But if any man love God, the same is known of him” (1 Cor. 8:3). This short statement is a hinge in this argument. Paul has just said that love builds up, and knowledge (of a certain kind) …
An Epic Comb-Over
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #82 “Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to …
At Liberty
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #81 “The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. But she is happier …