Jeremy R. Geerdes Posts

Notes (1-3) These are stern words of rebuke. Paul had expected that, by now, the church at Corinth would be growing mature and increasingly prepared – and engaged – in ministry, but they were still wallowing in the same issues and squabbles that their worldly neighbors were. They were, for all intents and purposes, still […]

Notes (1-2) How often we think evangelism and ministry has to be eloquent and well-formed logic according to the world’s wisdom! And yet, Paul knew even two thousand years ago, that the gospel itself wasn’t “logical” as the world defined it. So he didn’t worry about fancy speeches or well-formulated arguments. He taught and lived […]

Notes (1) Authors identified as Paul, the apostle, and Sosthenes, possibly the synagogue ruler of Acts 18:17 (Ryrie). (1) Notice that Paul doesn’t say that he is an apostle because he chose to be, or because people elected him, etc., but because Jesus called him by the will of God. Thus, his authority to preach, […]

Today being the first day of 2009, it seems that every commentator on the planet is talking about resolutions. You know the drill: every New Years Eve, we make a series of goals that we resolve to accomplish over the course of the next year. On New Years, Day, we start trying to realize those […]