1 Corinthians 6:1-11
If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lordâs people? Or do you not know that the Lordâs people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases? […]
1 Corinthians 8:9-13
Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak. For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idolâs temple, wonât that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols? So this weak brother or sister, for […]
1 Corinthians 10:12-13
So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you donât fall! No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that […]
1 Corinthians 6:18-20
Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at […]
Be on your guard!
Paul insisted that the elders must keep watch over their own spiritual condition. But they were also elders, so Paul told them to properly shepherd the flock âof which the Holy Spirit has made you overseersâ (20:28). Paul was not speaking of a particular office, but rather of the eldersâ function as âshepherds of the […]
Haggai 1:2-9
This is what the Lord Almighty says: âThese people say, âThe time has not yet come to rebuild the Lordâs house.ââ Then the word of the Lord came through the prophet Haggai: âIs it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?â Now this is […]
Psalm 51 in nine languages
Script for a multi-lingual recitation of Psalm 51 with nine individual reciters speaking at times individually and at times collectively.
Trials and temptations
James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations: Greetings. 2Â Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 3Â because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. 4Â Let perseverance finish its work so that you may […]
Healing a man born blind
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2Â His disciples asked him, âRabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?â 3Â âNeither this man nor his parents sinned,â said Jesus, âbut this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4Â As long as it […]
