Itching Ears

by Wade Berry | Mar 19, 2021 | Faith & Heritage, Worship

How Our Desires Are Destroying Our Politics and Imperiling Our Souls For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want...

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Keeping First Things First

by Wade Berry | Mar 9, 2021 | Faith & Heritage

For the last fourteen months, we have been exploring how 1 Corinthians is relevant for the church in the twenty-first century. We have seen how Paul addressed a number of issues vital to the unity, health, and function of the Corinthian house-churches, and we have...

First Corinthians and the Twenty First Century Church: Love and Congregational Life

by Wade Berry | Feb 16, 2021 | Faith & Heritage

For weeks now, we have labored to come to terms with Paul’s teaching about love, convinced it is the foundation of everything else he has to say in 1 Corinthians 12-14 (and, indeed, in the entire book). Now, we must turn our attention to how love should shape...

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Love’s Sufficiency

by Wade Berry | Feb 2, 2021 | Faith & Heritage

More than fifty years ago, the Beatles told us in song, “All you need is love.” Their words have become something of a mantra for Western societies. Indeed, Patrick Mitchel goes so far as to claim this is the only generally accepted theological assertion of our age....

First Corinthians and the Twenty-First Century Church: Questions about Love

by Wade Berry | Jan 20, 2021 | Faith & Heritage

Love, Love, Love … and Love?  For three blog posts now, we have been discussing the definition of love. We have argued the language of love is used to denote affinity, affection, attachment, and action. We have also noted the incompatibility of hate (with one notable...