Month: July 2021

Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 I waited tables on and off through college and though I always had good intentions, I found that working in a restaurant usually meant eating restaurant food. Though I didn’t plan it, weight gain was just a natural product of my environment. Now,…
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If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” 1 Corinthians 15:32 Every day, I set out to eat healthy and some days, I do better than others. I had a couple of good days recently when I got a sugar craving. I thought, I’ve been good. I’ll just…
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I die every day! 1 Corinthians 15:31 Yesterday as I was riding my bike on the local trail, someone caught me from behind and passed me, going much faster than I was. I was irritated to see an older man whom I considered to be in much worse shape than me, yet still, he blew…
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For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 One of the hardest things about being a physician is that often, I must cause pain to bring about…
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But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 1 Corinthians 15:10 Addiction medicine inherently involves quite a bit of…
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I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 1 Corinthians 15:9 I tolerated my addiction for years, refusing to do what it took to truly find recovery. It just wasn’t that big of a deal. My pills were simply this little thing that…
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Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 When I first attempted to address my addiction years ago,…
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As in all the churches of the saints, the women should keep silent in the churches. 1 Corinthians 14:33-34 The regular reader will know that as I write every day, I’m simply working my way through the New Testament. Daily, I read until I hit the next verse I find to be important, and I…
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For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. 1 Corinthians 14:33 In the beginning of my drug use, I felt I was in control. I used because the pill did something for me and I used on my terms. That didn’t last long though, as I became dependent on the pill. Over…
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If, therefore, the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are out of your minds? 1 Corinthians 14:23 I wrote a couple days ago about how our faith, thoughts, and actions must not be shaped by what the world thinks of us.…
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