Missing Punctuation

All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable.  All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.  1 Corinthians 6:12 Lawful – Brian Rosner makes an off-hand remark about this passage that deserves considerably more attention.  He says, “Apparently some Corinthians were eating in pagan temples…

Free To Be Me

All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.   1 Corinthians 6:12 Mastered – What’s possible in your life?  What are the “yet-to-be” conditions, dreams or hopes?  And what lies on the other side of the coin?  What might the dark side of your life look like?  Imagine it all,…

Personal Authority

All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.   1 Corinthians 6:12 Mastered – Who’s the boss?  In it’s simplest terms, that’s the central question of the Christian message.  Who’s in charge of you?  Bob Dylan correctly observed that all of us “gotta’ serve somebody.”  Those who have not come to…

Mastered

“All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable.  All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” 1 Corinthians 6:12 Mastered – The Declaration of Independence got it wrong.  Liberty is not an inalienable right.  From the Bible’s point of view, liberty exists as a gift…