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Mark D. Roberts

Recently my son and I went on a bike ride not far from our house in Boerne, Texas. It was a cool autumn afternoon. The skies were filled with marshmallow clouds as we road past small ranches in the Hill Country. On the way home, I noticed some “friends” by the side of the road.…

Part 10 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Paul emphasizes the unity of the body of Christ in his letter to the Corinthians because that unity was threatened by self-centered divisiveness. Paul knew that God intends the church of Jesus Christ is called…

Part 9 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Yesterday I began to explore the implications of the fact that the church is the body of Christ: “If one part suffers, all the parts suffer with it, and if one part is honored, all…

Part 8 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series Yesterday I explored one implication of the church as the body of Christ. According to 1 Corinthians 12, God has made us so that we care mutually for each other. This means that each of…

Part 7 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post I explained how the Apostle Paul uses the image of the body to describe the unity and diversity of the church. Moreover, according to Paul, God has formed the body of…

Part 6 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series So far in this series I’ve begun to explore what it means for the church to be the body of Christ. We’ve seen how Paul, in trying to instruct the Corinthians, used the image of…

Learning from God’s Vengeance, Part 2 READ Isaiah 34:1-17 For it is the day of the LORD’s revenge, the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel. Isaiah 34:8 I want to spend another day reflecting upon Isaiah 34. This chapter can be troubling because it seems to celebrate God’s…

Before I moved to Texas, I never associated this state with wildflowers. But now, after a year living in Texas, wildflowers are right at the top of my list when it comes to what I associate with my new state. The photo above shows some yellow flowers along Interstate 10 on my drive to work.…

Part 5 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In order to help the Corinthian Christians understand who they were as God’s people, the Apostle Paul used the image of the body. In my last post, I explained that he mixed metaphors a bit…

Part 4 of series: The Church as the Body of Christ Permalink for this post / Permalink for this series In my last post in this series, I explained that the kind of individualism we see among American Christians was prefigured in first-century Corinth. Like us, the Corinthians lived in a culture of individualistic self-promotion.…
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