Via Emmaus (On the Road)

Further Resources Six Marks of True Repentance With Genuine Repentance Comes Pardon: John Calvin on How to Seek and Grant Forgiveness 2 Corinthians 7 (ESV) Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. Paul’s Joy 2 Make room in your … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Cori...

Further Resources   2 Corinthians 6 (ESV) Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. 2 For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Corinthians 6

Further Resources   2 Corinthians 5 (ESV) Our Heavenly Dwelling 5 For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, 3 if indeed … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Corinthians 5

Further Resources   2 Corinthians 4 (ESV) The Light of the Gospel 4 Therefore, having this ministry by the mercy of God, we do not lose heart. 2 But we have renounced disgraceful, underhanded ways. We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word, but by the open statement of the truth we would commend … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Corinthians 4

Further Resources   2 Corinthians 3 (ESV) Ministers of the New Covenant 3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? 2 You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. 3 And you show … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Corinthians 3

Further Resources   2 Corinthians 2 (ESV) 2 For I made up my mind not to make another painful visit to you. 2 For if I cause you pain, who is there to make me glad but the one whom I have pained? 3 And I wrote as I did, so that when I came I might not … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Corinthians 2

Further Resources   2 Corinthians 1 (ESV) Greeting 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God that is at Corinth, with all the saints who are in the whole of Achaia: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 2 Corinthians 1

  Further Resources First Corinthians in 16 ‘Tweets’ 1 Corinthians 16 (ESV) The Collection for the Saints 16 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 16

Further Resources Christ, the Firstfruits of the Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20-23) Baptism and the Resurrection: Looking Again at 1 Corinthians 15:29 and ‘Baptism for the Dead’ 1 Corinthians 15 (ESV) The Resurrection of Christ 15 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the R...

Today’s podcast has a 14 minute discussion of 1 Corinthians 14 and a 30 minute post-script that goes into detail about tongues and their place in Corinth and the contemporary church. Listen to one or both. Further Resources 15 Propositions About Tongues from 1 Corinthians 12–14 1 Corinthians 14 (ESV) Prophecy and Tongues 14 Pursue love, and … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1...

Further Resources Love Like Christ: A Look at 1 Corinthians 13 1 Corinthians 13 (ESV) The Way of Love 13 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 13

Further Resources 1 Corinthians 12 (ESV) Spiritual Gifts 12 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 12

Further Resources The Business of Is-Ness: How to Live in the World God Made (book by David Schrock) Rightly Dividing the Cultural Background to 1 Corinthians 11 (article by David Schrock) 1 Corinthians 11 (ESV) 11 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Head Coverings 2 Now I commend you because you remember me in everything … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 11

Further Resources 1 Corinthians 10 (ESV) Warning Against Idolatry 10 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 10

Further Resources ‘Do Not Muzzle the Ox’: A Logical, Intra-biblical, and Eschatological (but not Allegorical) Reading of Deuteronomy 25:4 in 1 Corinthians 9:9 (David Schrock) 1 Corinthians 9 (ESV) Paul Surrenders His Rights 9 Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are not you my workmanship in … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 9

Further Resources “The Many Faces of Monotheism” (Jon Moffitt) “Calvinism in Context: 1 Corinthians 8:11” (David Schrock) 1 Corinthians 8 (ESV) 1 Now concerning food offered to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. 2 If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the...

For Further Study What Does the Bible Say About Divorce? What Makes a Divorce ‘Biblical’? Majority View (remarriage is permissible after a legitimate divorce) John Murray, Divorce (Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R, 1961). The elders of Bethlehem Baptist Church, “A Statement on Divorce & Remarriage in the Life of Bethlehem Baptist Church” (1989) William Heth, “Jesus on Divorce: … Continue read...

Further Resources 15 Disciplines of a Loving Church (1 Corinthians 5–7) “One Spirit, One Body, One Temple: Paul’s Corporate Temple Language in 1 Corinthians 6” (Nicholas Piotrowski) 1 Corinthians 6 (ESV) Lawsuits Against Believers 6 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road:...

Further Resources 15 Disciplines of a Loving Church (1 Corinthians 5–7) 1 Corinthians 5 (ESV) Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church 5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthians 5

Further Resources “The Serrated Edge of Scripture: How God Uses Satire” by Clinton Manley(Christ Over All) 1 Corinthians 4 (ESV) The Ministry of Apostles 4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: 1 Corinthi...

Further Resources Resting in a Received Ministry Who is in Charge? Two Competing Visions of Church Authority Getting Off the Gospel Blimp: A Plea to Believe God’s Gospel Method “One Spirit, One Body, One Temple: Paul’s Corporate Temple Language in 1 Corinthians 6” (Nicholas Piotrowski) 1 Corinthians 3 (ESV) Divisions in the Church 3 But I, brothers, could … Continue reading...

Further Resources What Demonstrates the Power of God? Miraculous Signs or Spiritual Resurrection (1 Corinthians 2:3–5) How the Doctrine of the Trinity Cultivates Church Unity (1 Corinthians 1–2) The Sevenfold Spirit of God: Seven Truths about the Doctrine of Illumination 1 Corinthians 2 (ESV) Proclaiming Christ Crucified 2 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not … Continue reading Via E...

Further Resources A Perfect Balance: The Church Universal and Local (1 Corinthians 1:1–2) Finding Evidences of Grace (1 Corinthians 1:4–9) Waters That Unite: Five Truths About Water Baptism (1 Corinthians 1:11–17) The Wisdom of the Cross: Paul’s Use of Isaiah in 1 Corinthians 1 (1 Corinthians 1:19) 1 Corinthians 1 (ESV) Greeting 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle … Continue r...

Further Resources   Romans 16 (ESV) Personal Greetings 16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, 2 that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Romans 16

Further Resources Welcome One Another: Five Ways to Show Hospitality at Church Romans 15 (ESV) The Example of Christ 15 We who are strong have an obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up. 3 For Christ did … Continue reading Via Emmaus on the Road: Romans 15