The Use of Spiritual Gifts
Maximizing our effectiveness The common expression “It’s not what you say, but how you say it” reminds us of a key biblical principle on the use of our spiritual gifts. The apostle Paul, when writing to the saints in Rome, expressed...
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Spiritual Gifts
The late Don Welborn defined a spiritual gift as: “A divine endowment and enabling of the sovereign Spirit of God in the life of the believer, given in grace for the express purpose of furthering the spiritual growth and development...
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Spiritual Gifts
Chapters 12-14 of 1 Corinthians were intended to instruct believers who had fallen into error regarding the gifts. The sign-gifts were being magnified out of all proportion to their true importance to the assembly. The gifts for help and edification,...
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Gifts of Grace: 1 Corinthians 12
There are in the New Testament four words that describe the gifts God has given to the Church. First of all, they are called "spiritual gifts," reminding us that they are given by the Spirit of God and can only...
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