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Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall. 1 Corinthians 10:12 I have a fuzzy childhood memory of trying to swing from a jump rope hung from the playground monkey bars. I’d seen Tarzan do it in a cartoon and I thought I’d recreate the scene at recess. I didn’t…
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I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. 1 Corinthians 9:27 I’m occasionally challenged by other Christians who worry that I’ve bought into the secular worldview of “Once an addict, always an addict”. Those who question me, know that the Bible says we’re new…
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I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings. 1 Corinthians 9:22-23 Twenty-five years ago, while in medical school, I considered a few different career options: Family Practice, Emergency…
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For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! 1 Corinthians 9:16 I have a good friend who is a pastor, and before he moved away, we spent a lot of time discussing faith and…
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But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. 1 Corinthians 8:9 When I meet an alcoholic or addict who’s relapsed, ending up back in jail or treatment, I usually ask how it happened. Often, the story involves the addict spending time with using friends who…
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For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist . . . 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 In my addiction I followed the drug above all, spending…
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This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3 When I write, I usually avoid telling someone else’s story and I rarely refer to specific news…
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I want you to be free from anxieties. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. But the married man is anxious about worldly things, how to please his wife, and his interests are divided. 1 Corinthians 7:32-34 When I went to treatment, I left a disaster…
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For he who was called in the Lord as a bondservant is a freedman of the Lord. Likewise he who was free when called is a bondservant of Christ. 1 Corinthians 7:22 Recently I’ve found myself asking this question: Are there some people who cannot change or find recovery? I’ve watched others make the same…
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Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. 1 Corinthians 7:17 Years ago, when I was facing a significant career change, I went to a respected Christian elder, asking him this question: Does God have a specific plan for where I live…
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