Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.” (1 Corinthians 12:12–13,Continue reading “Bound Together (1 Cor 12:12-13)”

“All these are empowered by one and the same Spirit, who apportions to each one individually as he wills.” (1 Corinthians 12:11, ESV) When I was in the United States Army Ranger School, we had a 12-day patrol exercise in the Florida panhandle. We got little sleep and spent a lot of time wading throughContinue reading “Divinely Apportioned (1 Corinthians 12:11)”

“But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.” (1 Corinthians 12:7, KJV) It is football season right now. I do enjoy watching these games on the television. One thing about football is that it is a team sport. Each person on the team has a position and certain abilitiesContinue reading “Divinely Purposed (1 Cor 12:7-11) “

“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.” (1 Corinthians 12:4–6, KJV) After leaving military service in 1978, I went to work for a Fortune 500Continue reading “Divine Orchestration (1 Corinthians 12-4-6)”

“Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.” (1 Corinthians 11:33–34, KJV) I heard a story once about a man that wasContinue reading “Caring for Others (1 Cor 11:33-34)”

“Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnationContinue reading “Reverent Participation (1 Corinthians 11:27-32)”

“And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, asContinue reading “Memories (1 Corinthians 11:23-26)”

“Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.” (1 Corinthians 11:17–18, KJV) Years ago, IContinue reading “Sin of Disunity (1 Cor 11:17-22)”

“Nevertheless, in the Lord woman is not independent of man nor man of woman; for as woman was made from man, so man is now born of woman. And all things are from God.” (1 Corinthians 11:11–12, ESV) When we lived in Savannah Georgia, we would often take our family to a restaurant that hadContinue reading “Compliment not Contention (1 Corinthians 11:7-12)”