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What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Unfortunately, the false teaching brought to the Galatian churches by the Judaizers has been extremely difficult to root out even today. We must walk a fine line—on one hand, we do not want to fall into the legalism that the Galatians struggled with, but on the other, we cannot just live as if anything goes. The Christian’s commitment to Christ is based on the free gift of grace through faith, but as Paul articulated at the end of Galatians, it also results in a life of walking by the Spirit.
Is the fruit of the Spirit evident in your life, or do you find yourself living according to the flesh or “the compulsions of selfishness” (Galatians 5:16–26 MESSAGE)? Too often we lose ourselves at the extremes, ending in a legalistic attempt to earn our salvation or a devil-may-care attitude about our sin.
Use Paul’s words in Galatians as an encouragement to pursue a life of holiness, not in your own strength but in the knowledge of God’s empowering grace in your life.
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
Is the fruit of the Spirit evident in your life, or do you find yourself living according to the flesh or “the compulsions of selfishness” (Galatians 5:16–26 MESSAGE)? Too often we lose ourselves at the extremes, ending in a legalistic attempt to earn our salvation or a devil-may-care attitude about our sin.
Use Paul’s words in Galatians as an encouragement to pursue a life of holiness, not in your own strength but in the knowledge of God’s empowering grace in your life.
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Who wrote the book of Galatians?
Galatians has always been among those Pauline epistles least challenged on the issue of authorship. Paul wrote to the churches in southern Galatia after having a hand in starting them on his first missionary journey to Asia Minor. Paul’s close relationship to these churches helps to explain the extremely strong tone he took with them from the very beginning of the letter. Galatians exhibits Paul at his angriest, as he risked the good favor of the converts in those churches to make sure they were on the path of truth and not led off into deception. In fact, to emphasize the seriousness of his purpose, he took the pen from his scribe and wrote the end of the letter himself in large letters (Galatians 6:11).
Where are we?
Upon arriving back in Antioch from his first missionary journey after eighteen months on the road, Paul received a report that the churches he had started in Galatia had fallen into hard times—specifically, they had fallen into error. A group of Judaizers—those who sought to make living under the Mosaic Law a requirement of the Christian faith—had gained an influence in the Galatians churches. Paul wrote the book a few months before his attendance at the Jerusalem Council in AD 49, a meeting where the apostles would take up this very topic (Acts 15:1–30).
Why is Galatians so important?
In advance of the Jerusalem Council, Paul’s letter speaks wisdom and clarity into the first real controversy that plagued the church in its early years—the relationship between Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles. Paul’s aggressive tone shows just how important it was to him that the people embrace unity in Christ, no matter their racial distinctions. For him, this was no minor issue, as he went so far as to call the Galatians deserters of Christ, people turning from the truth toward a gospel contrary to the one they had received from Paul (Galatians 1:6–9).
What's the big idea?
When the Galatians fell away so quickly from the gospel of grace Paul had preached to them, they also made clear their disloyalty to Paul’s authority as an apostle. Therefore, Paul began the letter to the Galatians by spending two chapters defending that very issue. Only in chapter 3 did he begin to get to the heart of their error; namely, that these Galatians sought to be justified by the Mosaic Law. In contrast, Paul presented his argument that justification comes to people by faith in Jesus Christ, not by their works under the Law.
Part of the problem that confronted the Galatians came in one of the arguments made by the Judaizes. These false teachers suggested that to live by grace and in freedom meant to live a lawless and therefore degenerate life. And so in the final chapters of the letter, Paul made clear that justification—an act of grace through faith—need not result in a sinful lifestyle. Because Christians have been freed from bondage to the sinful nature, we now have the path of holiness open to us.
How do I apply this?
Galatians has always been among those Pauline epistles least challenged on the issue of authorship. Paul wrote to the churches in southern Galatia after having a hand in starting them on his first missionary journey to Asia Minor. Paul’s close relationship to these churches helps to explain the extremely strong tone he took with them from the very beginning of the letter. Galatians exhibits Paul at his angriest, as he risked the good favor of the converts in those churches to make sure they were on the path of truth and not led off into deception. In fact, to emphasize the seriousness of his purpose, he took the pen from his scribe and wrote the end of the letter himself in large letters (Galatians 6:11).
Where are we?
Upon arriving back in Antioch from his first missionary journey after eighteen months on the road, Paul received a report that the churches he had started in Galatia had fallen into hard times—specifically, they had fallen into error. A group of Judaizers—those who sought to make living under the Mosaic Law a requirement of the Christian faith—had gained an influence in the Galatians churches. Paul wrote the book a few months before his attendance at the Jerusalem Council in AD 49, a meeting where the apostles would take up this very topic (Acts 15:1–30).
Why is Galatians so important?
In advance of the Jerusalem Council, Paul’s letter speaks wisdom and clarity into the first real controversy that plagued the church in its early years—the relationship between Christian Jews and Christian Gentiles. Paul’s aggressive tone shows just how important it was to him that the people embrace unity in Christ, no matter their racial distinctions. For him, this was no minor issue, as he went so far as to call the Galatians deserters of Christ, people turning from the truth toward a gospel contrary to the one they had received from Paul (Galatians 1:6–9).
What's the big idea?
When the Galatians fell away so quickly from the gospel of grace Paul had preached to them, they also made clear their disloyalty to Paul’s authority as an apostle. Therefore, Paul began the letter to the Galatians by spending two chapters defending that very issue. Only in chapter 3 did he begin to get to the heart of their error; namely, that these Galatians sought to be justified by the Mosaic Law. In contrast, Paul presented his argument that justification comes to people by faith in Jesus Christ, not by their works under the Law.
Part of the problem that confronted the Galatians came in one of the arguments made by the Judaizes. These false teachers suggested that to live by grace and in freedom meant to live a lawless and therefore degenerate life. And so in the final chapters of the letter, Paul made clear that justification—an act of grace through faith—need not result in a sinful lifestyle. Because Christians have been freed from bondage to the sinful nature, we now have the path of holiness open to us.
How do I apply this?
RE: A ban on TikTok...
So was this the bargaining chip for is the arms/aid deal just recently passed stateside?
RE: Day 2 of my 1 week off work - and I'm already bored.
Billy "OneArm" Meier!
ETs ate his Arm!
ETs ate his Arm!
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Dear zombies & vampire units,
While the TV amps the Trumpet
The real dirty work of UN / WHO*- WEF
Goes bye @ speed & precious few speed bumps.
* world health obviously.
While the TV amps the Trumpet
The real dirty work of UN / WHO*- WEF
Goes bye @ speed & precious few speed bumps.
* world health obviously.
RE: Day 2 of my 1 week off work - and I'm already bored.
figu.org
boredom gone forever.
boredom gone forever.
The Lyrid meteor showers...
rob, again amazing shots.
I'm working several projects and went to be around midnight, up at 4am to check messages and actually out of bed at 6.
We had clear skies, but looking for meteors wasn't in my schedule!
I'm working several projects and went to be around midnight, up at 4am to check messages and actually out of bed at 6.
We had clear skies, but looking for meteors wasn't in my schedule!
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Nice poll and from ultra lib NPR no less. 
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
US$1 Swiss Frank 0.91 February 1990
April 16 2024:
A rally in the U.S. dollar is accelerating, as stubborn inflation sows doubts over how aggressively the Federal Reserve will be able to cut rates this year compared to other central banks.
The U.S. dollar index (.DXY)
, opens new tab, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, is up 4.6% this year and stands near its highest levels since early November. The index rose 1.7% last week, its biggest weekly gain since September 2022.
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The fluctuating value of the U.S. dollar and what it means for investors
April 18, 2024
The dollar gained against Europe’s common currency, the euro, and other foreign currencies in 2024’s opening months.
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The euro-to-dollar exchange rate fluctuated significantly in 2022, reaching its lowest recorded value since 2008 during that time. Figures were different later in the year, however, with a rate of 1.07 USD recorded at the end of April 21, 2024. The average (standardized) measure is based on the calculation of many observations throughout the period in question. It is therefore different than an annual measure at point in time, which reflects concrete values as of end of the year.
Establishment
The euro, which was established in 1992, introduced in non-physical form in 1999 and finally rolled out in 2002, is used by 19 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of 19 countries is otherwise known as the eurozone or euro area. By 2018, the total value of euro currency in circulation was almost 1.2 trillion euros, or over 3.4 thousand euros per capita.
Euro to USD
Between 2001 and 2008, the average annual exchange rate of the euro to the U.S. dollar noted a steep increase. In 2008, the euro to U.S. dollar annual average exchange rate was equal to 1.47, which meant that one euro could buy 1.47 U.S. dollars. By 2019, this value had decreased overall, to a value of 1.12 which meant that one euro could buy 1.12 U.S. dollars. Similar dynamics in the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate were also reflected in the monthly exchange rate in recent years.
April 16 2024:
A rally in the U.S. dollar is accelerating, as stubborn inflation sows doubts over how aggressively the Federal Reserve will be able to cut rates this year compared to other central banks.
The U.S. dollar index (.DXY)
, opens new tab, which measures the greenback against a basket of six major currencies, is up 4.6% this year and stands near its highest levels since early November. The index rose 1.7% last week, its biggest weekly gain since September 2022.
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The fluctuating value of the U.S. dollar and what it means for investors
April 18, 2024
The dollar gained against Europe’s common currency, the euro, and other foreign currencies in 2024’s opening months.
_______________________________________
The euro-to-dollar exchange rate fluctuated significantly in 2022, reaching its lowest recorded value since 2008 during that time. Figures were different later in the year, however, with a rate of 1.07 USD recorded at the end of April 21, 2024. The average (standardized) measure is based on the calculation of many observations throughout the period in question. It is therefore different than an annual measure at point in time, which reflects concrete values as of end of the year.
Establishment
The euro, which was established in 1992, introduced in non-physical form in 1999 and finally rolled out in 2002, is used by 19 of the 27 member states of the European Union. This group of 19 countries is otherwise known as the eurozone or euro area. By 2018, the total value of euro currency in circulation was almost 1.2 trillion euros, or over 3.4 thousand euros per capita.
Euro to USD
Between 2001 and 2008, the average annual exchange rate of the euro to the U.S. dollar noted a steep increase. In 2008, the euro to U.S. dollar annual average exchange rate was equal to 1.47, which meant that one euro could buy 1.47 U.S. dollars. By 2019, this value had decreased overall, to a value of 1.12 which meant that one euro could buy 1.12 U.S. dollars. Similar dynamics in the euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate were also reflected in the monthly exchange rate in recent years.
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Donald is not happy:
The Dollar has just hit a 34 year high against the Yen, a total disaster for the United States. When I was President, I spent a good deal of time telling Japan and China, in particular, you can’t do that. It sounds good to stupid people, but it is a disaster for our manufacturers and others. They are actually unable to compete and will be forced to either lose lots of business, or build plants, or whatever, in the “smart” Countries. This is what made Japan and China into behemoths years ago. I put limits on both (and others!), and if they violated those limits, there was hell to pay. Biden has let it go. Watch them now pick apart the U.S. It will be an open field day. Don’t let this happen Crooked Joe. Wake up and smell the roses!
@realDonaldTrump/posts/
The Dollar has just hit a 34 year high against the Yen, a total disaster for the United States. When I was President, I spent a good deal of time telling Japan and China, in particular, you can’t do that. It sounds good to stupid people, but it is a disaster for our manufacturers and others. They are actually unable to compete and will be forced to either lose lots of business, or build plants, or whatever, in the “smart” Countries. This is what made Japan and China into behemoths years ago. I put limits on both (and others!), and if they violated those limits, there was hell to pay. Biden has let it go. Watch them now pick apart the U.S. It will be an open field day. Don’t let this happen Crooked Joe. Wake up and smell the roses!
@realDonaldTrump/posts/
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Corinth was a large, international metropolis, filled with people from different backgrounds. Idol worship to gods such as Aphrodite was particularly prominent in the city, though Corinth contained numerous temptations far beyond her temples. In this sense, Corinth was very much like a modern urban area, containing unending opportunities to engage in sinful behavior without any apparent consequences.
Such a community clearly had a negative influence on the Corinthian church. But notice that Paul’s instruction to the believers was not to retreat from their city. This was not Paul’s vision for the church then or now. Instead, he directed us to live out our commitment to Christ ever more faithfully in the midst of nonbelievers. Paul expected that we Christians would shine our light into the dark places of their world by worshiping in a unified community that was accountable to one another. He expected that we would settle our problems internally, that we would encourage one another in the pursuit of purity, and that we would strive together by holding tightly to the hope of our bodily resurrection to come.
What can you do within your local church to make this kind of community more of a reality?
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
Such a community clearly had a negative influence on the Corinthian church. But notice that Paul’s instruction to the believers was not to retreat from their city. This was not Paul’s vision for the church then or now. Instead, he directed us to live out our commitment to Christ ever more faithfully in the midst of nonbelievers. Paul expected that we Christians would shine our light into the dark places of their world by worshiping in a unified community that was accountable to one another. He expected that we would settle our problems internally, that we would encourage one another in the pursuit of purity, and that we would strive together by holding tightly to the hope of our bodily resurrection to come.
What can you do within your local church to make this kind of community more of a reality?
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Look out for late counting in swing states, the theft is easiest done at night.
Crossing my fingers though for 4 more years of the peoples candidate.
Crossing my fingers though for 4 more years of the peoples candidate.
Useless trivia
A 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and three brothers dead in their southwest Oklahoma City home, all fatally shot by his father, police said today.
"[The boy] woke up and discovered what had happened," said Sergeant Gary Knight, describing the scene as "carnage".
"Make no mistake about it, what happened in that residence was nothing short of a massacre," Knight said.
Police believe Jonathan Candy, 42, killed his wife, 39-year-old Lindsay Candy, and sons 18-year-old Dylan Candy, 14-year-old Ethan Candy and 12-year-old Lucas Candy.
He said Jonathan Candy then turned the gun on himself.
"[The boy] woke up and discovered what had happened," said Sergeant Gary Knight, describing the scene as "carnage".
"Make no mistake about it, what happened in that residence was nothing short of a massacre," Knight said.
Police believe Jonathan Candy, 42, killed his wife, 39-year-old Lindsay Candy, and sons 18-year-old Dylan Candy, 14-year-old Ethan Candy and 12-year-old Lucas Candy.
He said Jonathan Candy then turned the gun on himself.
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
Third party candidates boost Trump’s lead over Biden
Trump also leads Biden with Hispanic voters, 48% support to 39%
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State court system to provide daily transcripts of Trump trial
Trump also leads Biden with Hispanic voters, 48% support to 39%
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State court system to provide daily transcripts of Trump trial
RE: 4/23/24 - 1st NPR Electoral Vote Map Of '24 Shows Trump Up 283 - 255 | 270 Needed To Win
that's how much better Trump is over o'biden.
the squatter in the white house is a spending fool. OUR dollars and "theirs". and still not as favored as many would try forcing people to believe.
Trump gets publicity practically for free and still more favored!! THAT'S intelligence and thriftiness at work from one person. definitely the better choice for the nation and citizens.
Welcome Back mic.
the squatter in the white house is a spending fool. OUR dollars and "theirs". and still not as favored as many would try forcing people to believe.
Trump gets publicity practically for free and still more favored!! THAT'S intelligence and thriftiness at work from one person. definitely the better choice for the nation and citizens.
Welcome Back mic.
Useless trivia
A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country's most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years.
The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea's animal protection law last week, the Changwon District Court in southeastern South Korea said. The court did not release the name of the man.
The man went on a cat-killing spree between December 2022 and September 2023 due to a deep hatred of the animal that he began harbouring after other cats scratched his car, according to a court verdict seen by The Associated Press.
He caught stray cats and adopted others from online sites before strangling some to death and killing others with scissors, the court order said. He killed one cat by running it over with a car, the court said.
The court ruled that the prison sentence was unavoidable because he repeatedly committed "indescribably cruel" crimes in a premeditated manner
The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea's animal protection law last week, the Changwon District Court in southeastern South Korea said. The court did not release the name of the man.
The man went on a cat-killing spree between December 2022 and September 2023 due to a deep hatred of the animal that he began harbouring after other cats scratched his car, according to a court verdict seen by The Associated Press.
He caught stray cats and adopted others from online sites before strangling some to death and killing others with scissors, the court order said. He killed one cat by running it over with a car, the court said.
The court ruled that the prison sentence was unavoidable because he repeatedly committed "indescribably cruel" crimes in a premeditated manner
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
How do I apply this?
Corinth was a large, international metropolis, filled with people from different backgrounds. Idol worship to gods such as Aphrodite was particularly prominent in the city, though Corinth contained numerous temptations far beyond her temples. In this sense, Corinth was very much like a modern urban area, containing unending opportunities to engage in sinful behavior without any apparent consequences.
Such a community clearly had a negative influence on the Corinthian church. But notice that Paul’s instruction to the believers was not to retreat from their city. This was not Paul’s vision for the church then or now. Instead, he directed us to live out our commitment to Christ ever more faithfully in the midst of nonbelievers. Paul expected that we Christians would shine our light into the dark places of their world by worshiping in a unified community that was accountable to one another. He expected that we would settle our problems internally, that we would encourage one another in the pursuit of purity, and that we would strive together by holding tightly to the hope of our bodily resurrection to come.
What can you do within your local church to make this kind of community more of a reality?
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
BIBLE STUDY CHART
1 Corinthians Overview Chart
1 Corinthians Bible chart
View Chuck Swindoll's chart of 1 Corinthians, which divides the book into major sections and highlights themes and key verses.
Corinth was a large, international metropolis, filled with people from different backgrounds. Idol worship to gods such as Aphrodite was particularly prominent in the city, though Corinth contained numerous temptations far beyond her temples. In this sense, Corinth was very much like a modern urban area, containing unending opportunities to engage in sinful behavior without any apparent consequences.
Such a community clearly had a negative influence on the Corinthian church. But notice that Paul’s instruction to the believers was not to retreat from their city. This was not Paul’s vision for the church then or now. Instead, he directed us to live out our commitment to Christ ever more faithfully in the midst of nonbelievers. Paul expected that we Christians would shine our light into the dark places of their world by worshiping in a unified community that was accountable to one another. He expected that we would settle our problems internally, that we would encourage one another in the pursuit of purity, and that we would strive together by holding tightly to the hope of our bodily resurrection to come.
What can you do within your local church to make this kind of community more of a reality?
Copyright ©? 2010 by Charles R. Swindoll, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
BIBLE STUDY CHART
1 Corinthians Overview Chart
1 Corinthians Bible chart
View Chuck Swindoll's chart of 1 Corinthians, which divides the book into major sections and highlights themes and key verses.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Who wrote the book of Corinthians?
Paul’s authorship of this epistle is widely accepted in the scholarly community, though it was not the first letter Paul wrote to the Corinthian people (see 1 Corinthians 5:9). We know that the Corinthians misunderstood an earlier letter from Paul (5:10–11), though that letter has not survived. Therefore, it is Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians that we know as 1 Corinthians—the first letter to the Corinthians that God inspired.
Four years prior to writing the letter we know as 1 Corinthians, the apostle had spent eighteen months in Corinth, so he was intimately familiar with the church and many of its congregants. The recipients of the letter must have understood the letter’s significance, not only to their own circumstances but for the church worldwide. In AD 95, Clement, the bishop of Rome, wrote a letter of his own to the Corinthians in which he invoked the authority of Paul’s instruction in 1 Corinthians. Only a few decades after its origin, this letter to the Corinthians had traveled outside of Corinth and was considered authoritative beyond its initial Corinthian context.
Where are we?
Paul had been in Ephesus for more than two years on his third missionary journey when he received a disturbing report of quarreling within the Corinthian church, a report he received from people associated with one of its members, Chloe (1 Corinthians 1:11). The church he had founded so recently (Acts 18:1–17) had already developed deep divisions, a situation that required immediate action. Paul penned his letter in AD 55, just as he was planning to leave Ephesus for Macedonia (1 Corinthians 16:5–8).
Why is First Corinthians so important?
First Corinthians contains a frank discussion of the church and the issues that impacted real people in the first century. The Corinthian church was corroded with sin on a variety of fronts, so Paul provided an important model for how the church should handle the problem of sin in its midst. Rather than turn a blind eye toward relational division and all kinds of immorality, he addressed the problems head on. In his bold call to purity within the Corinthian church, Paul made it clear that he was willing to risk the good opinion of some in order to help cleanse the sin that tainted the church.
What's the big idea?
First Corinthians addresses reports that Paul received from Chloe’s household, as well as a letter he received from the church itself (1 Corinthians 7:1). In this letter to the church at Corinth, Paul covered a number of different issues related to both life and doctrine: divisions and quarrels, s*xual immorality, lawsuits among believers, marriage and singleness, freedom in Christ, order in worship, the significance of the Lord’s Supper, and the right use of spiritual gifts; he also included a profound teaching on the resurrection.
The line of thought that joins these topics together was Paul’s emphasis on Christian conduct in the local church. The apostle expected that Christian people would live according to Christian ideals, or as he told them, “You have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body” (6:20).
How do I apply this?
Paul’s authorship of this epistle is widely accepted in the scholarly community, though it was not the first letter Paul wrote to the Corinthian people (see 1 Corinthians 5:9). We know that the Corinthians misunderstood an earlier letter from Paul (5:10–11), though that letter has not survived. Therefore, it is Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians that we know as 1 Corinthians—the first letter to the Corinthians that God inspired.
Four years prior to writing the letter we know as 1 Corinthians, the apostle had spent eighteen months in Corinth, so he was intimately familiar with the church and many of its congregants. The recipients of the letter must have understood the letter’s significance, not only to their own circumstances but for the church worldwide. In AD 95, Clement, the bishop of Rome, wrote a letter of his own to the Corinthians in which he invoked the authority of Paul’s instruction in 1 Corinthians. Only a few decades after its origin, this letter to the Corinthians had traveled outside of Corinth and was considered authoritative beyond its initial Corinthian context.
Where are we?
Paul had been in Ephesus for more than two years on his third missionary journey when he received a disturbing report of quarreling within the Corinthian church, a report he received from people associated with one of its members, Chloe (1 Corinthians 1:11). The church he had founded so recently (Acts 18:1–17) had already developed deep divisions, a situation that required immediate action. Paul penned his letter in AD 55, just as he was planning to leave Ephesus for Macedonia (1 Corinthians 16:5–8).
Why is First Corinthians so important?
First Corinthians contains a frank discussion of the church and the issues that impacted real people in the first century. The Corinthian church was corroded with sin on a variety of fronts, so Paul provided an important model for how the church should handle the problem of sin in its midst. Rather than turn a blind eye toward relational division and all kinds of immorality, he addressed the problems head on. In his bold call to purity within the Corinthian church, Paul made it clear that he was willing to risk the good opinion of some in order to help cleanse the sin that tainted the church.
What's the big idea?
First Corinthians addresses reports that Paul received from Chloe’s household, as well as a letter he received from the church itself (1 Corinthians 7:1). In this letter to the church at Corinth, Paul covered a number of different issues related to both life and doctrine: divisions and quarrels, s*xual immorality, lawsuits among believers, marriage and singleness, freedom in Christ, order in worship, the significance of the Lord’s Supper, and the right use of spiritual gifts; he also included a profound teaching on the resurrection.
The line of thought that joins these topics together was Paul’s emphasis on Christian conduct in the local church. The apostle expected that Christian people would live according to Christian ideals, or as he told them, “You have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body” (6:20).
How do I apply this?
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
The party led by Solomon Islands' incumbent Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare won most seats in the country's parliamentary election, with no party or political coalition garnering an overall majority, national broadcaster SIBC reported on Wednesday local time.
The Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party (or Our Party) led by Sogavare won 15 seats out of 50 in the new parliament, according to SIBC.
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Lobbying to form Solomon Islands next govt underway as counting wraps up in the Solomon Islands the electoral commission is looking at trialing out of constituency voting.
With only a handful of seats in the 50-member parliament yet to be officially declared there is no outright winner.
But lobbying to form the country's next government is underway.
As of yesterday, the two largest blocs in the winner's circle, Independents and the incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare's Our Party, were tied with 12 MPs each.
RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins spoke with Chief Electoral Officer, Jasper Anisi, and asked him how he thought the country's first joint national election went.
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Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's OUR party to form a coalition with independents after a national election failed to produce a clear winner.
Last week's election was the first since Sogavare struck a security pact with China in 2022, inviting Chinese police into the archipelago and drawing the Pacific Islands nation closer to Beijing.
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Manasseh Sogavare and his party took 12 seats. Although six have not yet been called, the ruling party will not have a majority. Other parties want to reduce Beijing's influence. Tensions rose during the campaign, with clashes between rival villages. Negotiations for the next government could take weeks.
The Ownership, Unity and Responsibility Party (or Our Party) led by Sogavare won 15 seats out of 50 in the new parliament, according to SIBC.
____________________________________________
Lobbying to form Solomon Islands next govt underway as counting wraps up in the Solomon Islands the electoral commission is looking at trialing out of constituency voting.
With only a handful of seats in the 50-member parliament yet to be officially declared there is no outright winner.
But lobbying to form the country's next government is underway.
As of yesterday, the two largest blocs in the winner's circle, Independents and the incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare's Our Party, were tied with 12 MPs each.
RNZ Pacific Editor Koroi Hawkins spoke with Chief Electoral Officer, Jasper Anisi, and asked him how he thought the country's first joint national election went.
_____________________________________
Solomon Islands faces a nervous wait to establish a government as opposition parties vie with incumbent Prime Minister Manesseh Sogavare's OUR party to form a coalition with independents after a national election failed to produce a clear winner.
Last week's election was the first since Sogavare struck a security pact with China in 2022, inviting Chinese police into the archipelago and drawing the Pacific Islands nation closer to Beijing.
_________________________________
Manasseh Sogavare and his party took 12 seats. Although six have not yet been called, the ruling party will not have a majority. Other parties want to reduce Beijing's influence. Tensions rose during the campaign, with clashes between rival villages. Negotiations for the next government could take weeks.
RE: The Lyrid meteor showers...
yes it would be, they way the water in your sink turns as it goes down the drainpipe is different this side of equator here the water turns anti-clockwise
Got out of bed just before 3 a.m. (now 4.04 a.m. here) and photographed the full moon and using S23+ night sky function the clouds and full moon:
Got out of bed just before 3 a.m. (now 4.04 a.m. here) and photographed the full moon and using S23+ night sky function the clouds and full moon:
Useless trivia
A Belgian man has been acquitted of drunk driving due to him having a rare condition where the body produces its own alcohol.
According to The Guardian, the man was acquitted in a Burges court today after it was found he has auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), a rare condition where the body produces its own alcohol.
The US National Library of Medicine defines ABS as "a very rare disorder" that "typically presents with the signs of alcohol intoxication, such as staggering gait, slurred speech, gastrointestinal distress, and state of confusion".
"It is characterised by the endogenous production of alcohol."
While people are not born with ABS, they can develop it after already having another intestine-related condition
According to The Guardian, the man was acquitted in a Burges court today after it was found he has auto-brewery syndrome (ABS), a rare condition where the body produces its own alcohol.
The US National Library of Medicine defines ABS as "a very rare disorder" that "typically presents with the signs of alcohol intoxication, such as staggering gait, slurred speech, gastrointestinal distress, and state of confusion".
"It is characterised by the endogenous production of alcohol."
While people are not born with ABS, they can develop it after already having another intestine-related condition
The hush money trial is set to resume...
That photo is shocking. Look at the swelling under his eyes.
He's working up some serious health issues.
He's working up some serious health issues.
RE: The hush money trial is set to resume...
We keep hearing about "fake news" so how's this for "fake Snooze"
Trump falling asleep at his trial last week.
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Trump falling asleep at his trial last week.
What Makes Jesus Unique? No one else made the claims that He did, He is alive...............
Who Wrote the Book of 1 Corinthians?
This letter to the church at Corinth begins, ‘Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God in Corinth’ (1 Cor. 1:1-2). It is agreed among scholars that Paul was indeed the writer of this letter. Sosthenes, who is also mentioned, was the leader of the synagogue in Corinth, who clearly accepted Paul’s message and converted to Christianity. Sosthenes is also mentioned in Acts 18:12-17, where he is again associated with Paul and his ministry in Corinth.
Paul wrote the letter somewhere around A.D. 53-55, and ‘confirmations of Paul’s authorship can be found as early as A.D. 95 when Clement of Rome wrote to the Corinthian church and cited this epistle in regard to their continuing problem of factions among themselves’.
Context and Background of 1 Corinthians
Acts 18 gives an account of Paul’s time in Corinth and the intense persecution he faced there. Yet it was here that a church was established, and it is clear that Paul continued to encourage and instruct them through his letters while he traveled. Having spent well over a year in Corinth, he was familiar with the congregation and the problems they faced.
Corinth was strategically located on an isthmus serving as a good stopping point between Rome and the East. Because of this geography, Corinth was a major center of commerce and trade. This vitally important city was intellectually proud, materially affluent, and morally corrupt. Such an environment encouraged people to freely indulge their desires, whatever they may be, without fear of consequence.
The letter can be structured into five distinct sections:
Answer to the Report of Divisions (Chapters 1-4)
Paul encourages the believers to join in unity and not divide themselves into factions.
Answer to the Report of s*xual sin among Believers (Chapters 5-7)
s*xual sin is within the Church is not acceptable and ruins relationships. Following Jesus can involve no compromise.
Freedom in Christ, and Sacrificing Liberty for Unity (Chapters 8-10)
Paul addresses the issue of eating food sacrificed to idols, lists his rights as an Apostle, and encourages believers to keep one another from stumbling.
Order and Love in Worship Gatherings (Chapters 11-14)
Paul addresses the use of gifts and keeping order in worship and concludes that the greatest gift is love, using the analogy of the church as a body.
Paul Confirms the Resurrection (Chapter 25)
Some in the church denied the resurrection was real or important. Paul confirms that it not only is it historically real but the foundation of our faith.
Main Theme and Purpose of 1 Corinthians
How should a Christian in the local church behave? Paul is writing to a young church in a hostile environment that is encountering many problems such as division, quarreling, s*xual immorality, lawsuits, spiritual gifts, the Lord’s Supper and worship order, theological issues such as the resurrection and freedom in Christ, as well as issues married and single members were facing. The unifying element of this letter is instructing the church in what it means to live as Christians in a non-Christian world, ultimately bringing them to the idea that love itself is the primary driver and conclusion of how to live out faith. As believers, our behavior should set us apart to look different from the world around us.
Paul had several purposes for writing this letter to the Corinthians. His first purpose was to deal with moral problems and the divisions that had formed, as people had divided themselves into followers of Paul, Apollos, Peter or Christ (1:10). His second reason was to deal with several questions that had been asked in a letter the Corinthians had sent to him (7:1). A third purpose that appears throughout the book is Paul’s defense of his apostolic authority.
This letter to the church at Corinth begins, ‘Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, To the church of God in Corinth’ (1 Cor. 1:1-2). It is agreed among scholars that Paul was indeed the writer of this letter. Sosthenes, who is also mentioned, was the leader of the synagogue in Corinth, who clearly accepted Paul’s message and converted to Christianity. Sosthenes is also mentioned in Acts 18:12-17, where he is again associated with Paul and his ministry in Corinth.
Paul wrote the letter somewhere around A.D. 53-55, and ‘confirmations of Paul’s authorship can be found as early as A.D. 95 when Clement of Rome wrote to the Corinthian church and cited this epistle in regard to their continuing problem of factions among themselves’.
Context and Background of 1 Corinthians
Acts 18 gives an account of Paul’s time in Corinth and the intense persecution he faced there. Yet it was here that a church was established, and it is clear that Paul continued to encourage and instruct them through his letters while he traveled. Having spent well over a year in Corinth, he was familiar with the congregation and the problems they faced.
Corinth was strategically located on an isthmus serving as a good stopping point between Rome and the East. Because of this geography, Corinth was a major center of commerce and trade. This vitally important city was intellectually proud, materially affluent, and morally corrupt. Such an environment encouraged people to freely indulge their desires, whatever they may be, without fear of consequence.
The letter can be structured into five distinct sections:
Answer to the Report of Divisions (Chapters 1-4)
Paul encourages the believers to join in unity and not divide themselves into factions.
Answer to the Report of s*xual sin among Believers (Chapters 5-7)
s*xual sin is within the Church is not acceptable and ruins relationships. Following Jesus can involve no compromise.
Freedom in Christ, and Sacrificing Liberty for Unity (Chapters 8-10)
Paul addresses the issue of eating food sacrificed to idols, lists his rights as an Apostle, and encourages believers to keep one another from stumbling.
Order and Love in Worship Gatherings (Chapters 11-14)
Paul addresses the use of gifts and keeping order in worship and concludes that the greatest gift is love, using the analogy of the church as a body.
Paul Confirms the Resurrection (Chapter 25)
Some in the church denied the resurrection was real or important. Paul confirms that it not only is it historically real but the foundation of our faith.
Main Theme and Purpose of 1 Corinthians
How should a Christian in the local church behave? Paul is writing to a young church in a hostile environment that is encountering many problems such as division, quarreling, s*xual immorality, lawsuits, spiritual gifts, the Lord’s Supper and worship order, theological issues such as the resurrection and freedom in Christ, as well as issues married and single members were facing. The unifying element of this letter is instructing the church in what it means to live as Christians in a non-Christian world, ultimately bringing them to the idea that love itself is the primary driver and conclusion of how to live out faith. As believers, our behavior should set us apart to look different from the world around us.
Paul had several purposes for writing this letter to the Corinthians. His first purpose was to deal with moral problems and the divisions that had formed, as people had divided themselves into followers of Paul, Apollos, Peter or Christ (1:10). His second reason was to deal with several questions that had been asked in a letter the Corinthians had sent to him (7:1). A third purpose that appears throughout the book is Paul’s defense of his apostolic authority.
The Lyrid meteor showers...
rob, awesome photos as usual. I noticed the rotation appears different when you are below the equator.
RE: Who is next?
so he is the next...only for telling the truth ..
"The night, as you know," he wrote, "is darkest just before the light."
"The night, as you know," he wrote, "is darkest just before the light."
Useless trivia
Yet the driver is unscathed enough to be on the run??? wow
I guess airbags do work
I guess airbags do work
your profile says you are in Sweden?Useless trivia
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The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th-anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, the navy said in a brief statement.
So over getting older
Change your doctor 
no I'm joking and his advice was good but I do prefer doctors who look concerned and say I shouldn't be having problems because I'm generally so healthy. They are getting harder to find, though, those doctors ... 
A friend of mine now living in the US recently inherited a fairly substantial chunk of money and decided to sort her teeth out once and for all, volunteered herself at her local dental college and had the lot replaced by young eager students closely supervised by their professor. It still cost 30 THOUSAND dollars
my only remaining rich relative has many calls on his purse and I doubt I'd inherit enough to replace even the broken molar - or could face that long in a dentist's chair - but her teeth now look the way they did in her 30s and she said happily she'll never have to get more than routine checkups ever again. 
no I'm joking and his advice was good but I do prefer doctors who look concerned and say I shouldn't be having problems because I'm generally so healthy. They are getting harder to find, though, those doctors ... A friend of mine now living in the US recently inherited a fairly substantial chunk of money and decided to sort her teeth out once and for all, volunteered herself at her local dental college and had the lot replaced by young eager students closely supervised by their professor. It still cost 30 THOUSAND dollars
my only remaining rich relative has many calls on his purse and I doubt I'd inherit enough to replace even the broken molar - or could face that long in a dentist's chair - but her teeth now look the way they did in her 30s and she said happily she'll never have to get more than routine checkups ever again. So over getting older
I don't feel withered yet but genuinely appreciate the encouragment 
I am a bit comforted by the shin splint diagnosis, I mean young fit athletes get shin splints too, right? But I may have to look for an electric scooter to keep up with the dog until she starts slowing down too, she's not impressed by the current shorter slower walks. In dog years she's late 50s and I was packed with energy at that age, but she's catching up with me fast 
The diet and lifestyle here definitely helps, I may be feeling ancient right now but have local friends up to 10 years older who bounce around cheerfully and merrily go on 10 mile hikes at the drop of a hat. Of course right now I hate them
but genuinely appreciate the encouragment I am a bit comforted by the shin splint diagnosis, I mean young fit athletes get shin splints too, right? But I may have to look for an electric scooter to keep up with the dog until she starts slowing down too, she's not impressed by the current shorter slower walks. In dog years she's late 50s and I was packed with energy at that age, but she's catching up with me fast The diet and lifestyle here definitely helps, I may be feeling ancient right now but have local friends up to 10 years older who bounce around cheerfully and merrily go on 10 mile hikes at the drop of a hat. Of course right now I hate them
So over getting older
The only dressing up the dog permits is a raincoat and even then it has to be really bucketing down plus my aching leg seems to be a shinsplint, feisty attitude definitely on hold
plus my aching leg seems to be a shinsplint, feisty attitude definitely on hold RE: The Lyrid meteor showers...
I just took two photos of tonight's Moon 23rd April as sun sets in the west moon rose in the east, images show smoke haze caused by forest fuel reduction burns that are known in these parts as burning off
One Belt and Road Initiative growing stronger
Meliane Aida Ouedraogo, director of Melyana Consulting in Burkina Faso, believes African countries have long been exploited by their international partners under a flawed model that fails to benefit them.
“Today’s cooperation should be built on a new foundation. We believe that the BRICS is an opportunity to create great openness,” she told RT.
BRICS – which previously comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – has seen a major wave of expansion. Four more countries – Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates – joined the group at the start of this year, and further additions are expected in the future.
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BRICS should create alternative international monetary system – envoy
The bloc’s members should work together to strengthen their economies, Ethiopian Ambassador Cham Ugala Uriat has told RT
It is vital for BRICS to create an alternative international monetary system, the Ethiopian ambassador to Russia, Cham Ugala Uriat, has told RT in an exclusive interview.
Uriat stated the bloc’s members should collaborate to enhance their economies and create a new alternative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB), established by the BRICS states and opened for business in 2015, should be strengthened so that it can “contribute to member states of BRICS,” the ambassador argued.
“Today’s cooperation should be built on a new foundation. We believe that the BRICS is an opportunity to create great openness,” she told RT.
BRICS – which previously comprised Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – has seen a major wave of expansion. Four more countries – Ethiopia, Iran, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates – joined the group at the start of this year, and further additions are expected in the future.
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BRICS should create alternative international monetary system – envoy
The bloc’s members should work together to strengthen their economies, Ethiopian Ambassador Cham Ugala Uriat has told RT
It is vital for BRICS to create an alternative international monetary system, the Ethiopian ambassador to Russia, Cham Ugala Uriat, has told RT in an exclusive interview.
Uriat stated the bloc’s members should collaborate to enhance their economies and create a new alternative to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB), established by the BRICS states and opened for business in 2015, should be strengthened so that it can “contribute to member states of BRICS,” the ambassador argued.