The first man was from the earth, earthly; the second man, from heaven. 1 Corinthians 15:47 NABRE In his letter to the community at Corinth Paul tries to address resurrection and in particular how the resurrected will appear. He makes the connection between the first human, Adam made from the…
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for you are still of the flesh. While there is jealousy and rivalry among you, are you not of the flesh, and behaving in an ordinary human way? 1 Corinthians 3:3 NABRE Paul recognizing a split in the community at Corinth speaks to them not about who is better to…
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For “who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 1 Corinthians 2:16 NABRE Paul is speaking to the community at Corinth about wisdom and the difference between the wisdom of a natural person and a spiritual person. The…
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Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. John 12:3 NABRE Jesus is invited to the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary for…
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God’s presence and authenticity is challenged by several different groups and many individuals. Yet, if we accept God we accept and recognize Evil, because God’s book tells us there is evil. One passage on evil is from Psalm 23 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of…
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