Hope for Today (English)

1 Corinthians 2:6-10 The human mind is a marvel. Man is the only creature capable of reason. The brain functions baffle scientists. Man has a remarkable capacity within his brain container. Why do the academics or scholars pride themselves in their supposed wisdom? Every generation does that. Well, wisdom is preferable to ignorance. That is certainly true. A missionary friend said his people used...

1 Corinthians 2:1-5 No building is better than its foundation. When my wife and I were in Alaska several years ago, our friend Don Nelson took us up to the area of the permafrost and explained that unless the builders drive their pilings down below the permafrost, the buildings will not remain firm. Some buildings have settled unevenly because the builders were not careful to lay a good foundation...

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 The laver at the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem has a very important place in the worship of those who come there. The worshipers come to wash. They wash their hands and their feet, they rinse out their mouths, and they wash their faces, but their hearts are untouched. Nothing has happened to their hearts. Jesus spoke one time of how people are defiled. The Pharisees were conc...

The Bible says that God made all nations of “one blood.” The apostle Paul, when lecturing on Mars Hill in Athens, made that tremendous statement in Acts 17:24-27: God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshiped with men’s hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth to all life, and b...

1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Christianity is an evangelistic faith. Because we know that people who die without knowing Christ as Saviour face a terrible eternity, we should concentrate on evangelism, winning people to Christ. We carry the commission Jesus gave to the disciples before He returned to glory. He said, “Make disciples of all nations” (see Matthew 28:19-20). That is our primary responsibility...

1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Corinth was an important commercial city in the days of the apostle Paul. It was a wicked city, having several pagan temples. The Acropolis, the highest point of the city, was where the central government was located, as was the temple of the licentious goddess Aphrodite, with her 1000 temple prostitutes. Immorality was a central part of pagan worship. Paul came to Corinth from...