1 Cor 8 and Rom 14 deal with specific ‘grey areas’ of 1st century life. Eating meat sacrificed to idols and celebrating certain days more than others were areas of concern for Christians getting to grips with how their faith related to their everyday living. The ‘grey...

Paul has already dealt with the subject of strength and weakness in the early chapters of 1 Corinthians, reminding us in 1 Cor 1:18-25 that God’s weakness is stronger than our strength and His foolishness wiser than our wisdom. In 1 Cor 8 he talks about a ‘weak...

1 Cor 8 is one of those chapters in the Bible which on first glance appears to have no relevance to modern day life at all. It’s fodder for those who declare that the Bible is outmoded and outdated and therefore can be quite happily discarded in favour of any other...