“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #160 “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, …
Which Question Is It?
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #159 “Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when …
No Theological Schadenfreude
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #158 Charity “beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things” (1 Cor. 13:7). In this verse, we see that love does four things. Two of them are active, and two are responsive. In the middle …
Love and Truth Link Arms
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #157 Charity “rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth” (1 Cor. 13:6). This verse comes right to the point. There is one verb, used twice. Charity does not rejoice in one thing, and does rejoice in another. …
Rise Above Offense
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #156 Charity “doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” (1 Cor. 13:5). We are taking care to work slowly through Paul’s description of what love is like. We have noted …
Love is not Furtive
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #155 “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up” (1 Cor. 13:4). We have come to a famous and very exalted passage, the apostle Paul’s paean to love. Given the …
Never in Shadow
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #154 “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and …
Spiritual Gifts and Unspiritual Men
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #153 “But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.” (1 Cor. 12:31). Paul is now moving into his very famous chapter on love, and the last verse of chapter 12 is …
Do All Speak in Tongues?
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #152 “Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret?” (1 Cor. 12:29–30). Paul is bringing his extended analogy in …
The IT Guy
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #151 “And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues” (1 Cor. 12:28). When Paul gives a list of spiritual gifts, as …