January is the month when self-discipline rears its head as people, shamed by Christmas excesses and prompted by the media, decide to ‘start afresh.’ Membership of gyms and attendance at slimming clubs soar in this month, as people decide to be pro-active with...

Paul resolved to use his freedom as a Christian (see Gal 5:1, 13) to serve God. That meant limiting his freedom at times (refusing to eat meat if that would help someone to become stronger in their faith, for example), secure in the knowledge that he belonged to God...

In 1 Cor 9:19-27, Paul continues teaching the Corinthian church about his passion for the lost, an all-consuming passion which leads him to ‘become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.’ (1 Cor 9:22) The freedom he has expounded...