Author: Scott

  1 Corinthians 9:25-27 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable…. I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. Previously, I have mentioned that I can be a bit obsessive in some…
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1 Corinthians 8:9, 9:19 Though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant… As I ran last night, I was once again reminded of how God works in me when I take the time and effort to listen to him.  When I choose to spend time with God, He clears the clutter…
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1 Corinthians 8:1 Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The universal question in the interview for medical school admittance must be, Why do you want to be a physician?  We all gave similar answers I’m sure, blathering on about caring for our fellow man and all.  I would bet that most of us meant…
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1 Corinthians 7:19 Keeping God’s commands is what counts. A few years ago, my family was contemplating a considerable geographic change.  As I claimed to follow God, I asked his opinion on the matter.  I desired the confidence of knowing that I was following God’s plan for my life.  Never mind that I was living…
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1 Corinthians 7:4 For the wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does. Likewise, the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. My persistent defects are probably nowhere more apparent than they are at home.  If anyone doubts my continual defects, one would need…
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1 Corinthians 6:19,20 You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. When in medical school, I went on a medical mission trip to Venezuela where we set up shop in a local park.  I am sure the group did some good, but I was pretty useless.  I had a few antibiotics,…
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1 Corinthians 6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body. A few years ago, during hunting season, my father and I sat in my pickup at dawn and watched a buck, in rut, chasing a doe.  That buck…
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1 Corinthians 6:12 All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. In my food addiction, I have many times found myself at the refrigerator at 10:30PM, wolfing down 1,500 calories in just a few minutes.  My appetite…
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1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? …And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ… I have known those who feel that their destructive life choices stand as evidence…
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1 Corinthians 5:9,10 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world… since then you would need to go out of the world. Have you ever felt like you were too out of shape to go to the gym?  I…
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