by Lynne Marie | Aug 28, 2026 | Daily Reflections
What is the “verbal wisdom” (sophia logou, sapientia verbi) Paul disclaims in 1Corinthians 1:17-25? It is knowledge that is able to use words correctly in sentences without ever asking what the words themselves really mean. We do it all the time. For example, what...
by Lynne Marie | Aug 27, 2026 | Daily Reflections
1Corinthians 1:1-9 shows us the kind of Christians Paul wanted to form. First, he wants them to see themselves as “sanctified in Christ Jesus.” From earliest childhood, every Christian should be made aware of having a mystical identity that comes from being “in...
by Lynne Marie | Aug 26, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Thessalonians 3: 6-18, Paul has something to say about the converts who were using religion as an excuse for not fulfilling human obligations. Those who, in Mahalia Jackson’s words, are “so heavenly minded they are no earthly good” are not heavenly minded at all....
by Lynne Marie | Aug 25, 2026 | Daily Reflections
In 2Thessalonians 2:1-17, Paul is telling us not to get involved in questions that Jesus didn’t bother to answer because they are of no importance—like when or how the end of the world is going to come—but to just “stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you...
by Lynne Marie | Aug 24, 2026 | Daily Reflections
What would have happened if Philip, in John 1:45-51, had not “found Nathanael [aka Bartholomew] and told him, ‘We have found him about whom Moses… wrote, Jesus… from Nazareth”? Would Nathanael ever have met Jesus? Wound up an apostle? Would the people he preached to...
