The gift-giving season is over, but did you get what you asked for and wanted? What about those gifts; you still have them, right? Are you happy with what you received? Are you grateful? Do you utilize them? Or have they already been laid aside in a closet, drawer, the...

Chapters 12-14 of 1 Corinthians are somewhat spectacular. These chapters deal with spiritual gifts in the early church, which were indeed spectacular. The problem in Corinth was that many of these gifts had become a spectacle, a show, a means of calling attention to oneself. However, the essential role of...