“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #58 “Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of a harlot? God forbid. What? know ye not that he which is joined …
Resurrection Transformation
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #57 “Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God will destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. And God hath both …
Unlawful to Hit Bottom
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #56 “All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any” (1 Cor. 6:12). Paul has just finished telling us …
Called From Where?
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #55 “And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God” (1 Cor. 6:11). When Paul tells …
Sins Are Like Grapes
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #54 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, …
Cutting the Baby in Two
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #53 “Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? Why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, …
Lawsuits as Eschatological Failure
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #52 “I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? No, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? But brother goeth to law with brother, and that …
Forgiveness and Trust
One of the most difficult exercises in practical Christian living is learning the distinction between forgiveness and trust, as well as the distinction between forgiveness and qualification for office. Forgiveness is hard enough to do without confusing it with things that are impossible to do. Let me state the general problem first, using different illustrations. …
Infidelity, Not Realism
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #51 “If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church” (1 Cor. 6:2-3). Paul says that before we should let unbelievers adjudicate our problems, we should …
Lawsuits and Postmillennialism
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #50 “Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? And if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much …