While Jesus was the master of metaphors and storytelling in His teaching, the apostle Paul used powerful illustrations in his teaching as well—like the human body as an illustration of spiritual gifts in the Church (1 Corinthians 12:12-31). His...

Sometimes we wonder about the value of the Old Testament for the Christian life. The apostle Paul provided one answer to that question in 1 Corinthians 10:11a: "Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written...

Around A.D. 51 there were questions in the church at Thessalonica about Christ's return to earth: What about Christians who die before Christ's return? Will they be overlooked? Paul answered that question in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18. Deceased...

When we read the adventures and letters of the Apostle Paul, we can picture him as a spiritual giant. But Paul’s contemporaries did not think of him that way. In fact, when Paul stood before the leading Jews in Rome, they did not even seem to know who he...

Paul provides us with some principles for building the temple of God—the local assembly of believers: Begin with the foundation of the church, Jesus Christ. If the foundation is not right, the rest of the building will be wrong. On top of the...

A Christian man made a loan to a Christian friend and then tried his best to collect the money. He couldn't get it back. He returned to his friend and explained the situation, but the Christian friend absolutely refused to pay back the loan. The man...

One of the great stadiums of Paul's time stood outside of Corinth where, every third year, the great Isthmian games would be held. Athletes from all over Greece would come to compete in the marathon race and other athletic exhibitions....