Category Archives: 1 Corinthians

Love is …

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Jody Neufeld

I often take a passage of Scripture and break it down into phrases or sentences, like considering pieces of a puzzle as I put it together to make the whole. The lectionary texts this week are about God’s love at … Continue reading →

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A Squabbling Family?

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

John spoke up, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped him because he wasn’t in our group.” Jesus wasn’t pleased. “Don’t stop him. No one can use my name to do something good … Continue reading →

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The Desire of my Life

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the … Continue reading →

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LORD, I Remember

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

“When you eat the meal, be dressed and ready to travel. Have your sandals on, carry your walking stick in your hand, and eat quickly. This is the Passover Festival in honor of me, your LORD. That same night I … Continue reading →

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God’s Way

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

All the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain surrounded by smoke. When the people saw it they trembled and stood at a distance. “You speak to us, and we will listen,” they … Continue reading →

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Under the Cross

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

The message about the cross doesn’t make any sense to lost people. But for those of us who are being saved, it is God’s power at work… Jews ask for miracles, and Greeks want something that sounds wise. But we … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day 2012

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

There will be cards, chocolate, and fields of flowers moved around today by hand, through the postal service, and even the internet as we all try to tell those that we love – how much we love. But all that … Continue reading →

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Kindness: All the Way to the End

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

[reprinted from 2/1/2010] – Henry Neufeld 6As for me, I am already being poured out on the altar, and the time of my death has come upon me. 7I have completed the great race. I have finished the course. I … Continue reading →

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God’s Warnings – Blessings

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

Now these things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.      1 Corinthians 10:11 (HCSB) Have you received a warning from God lately? … Continue reading →

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God is My All

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Jody Neufeld

…yet for us there is one God, the Father. All things are from Him, and we exist for Him. And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ. All things are through Him, and we exist through Him.         … Continue reading →

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