Author Archives: Steve Hankins, Th.D.

“But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use thisContinue reading “Focus (1 Corinthians 7:29-31)”

“I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and ifContinue reading “Oh We’ve Got Troubles (1 Corinthians 7:25-28)”

“For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord’s freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ’s servant. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.” (1 Corinthians 7:22–23, AV) When I lived in Savannah Georgia, I went to a car auction.Continue reading “Change of Ownership (1 Corinthians 7:22-23)”

“Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.” (1 Corinthians 7:21, AV) In my lifetime, I have worked for many bosses. Some were good employers and others not so good. As I worked, I always thought it would be good to “be theContinue reading “Serve Where You Are (1 Corinthians 7:20-22)”

“Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called.” (1 Corinthians 7:18–20, AV) I remember someContinue reading “Avoid Fretting (1 Cor 7:18-20)”

“Only let each person lead the life that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. This is my rule in all the churches.” (1 Corinthians 7:17, ESV) When I was saved in 1983, I knew there would be a host of changes in my life. I also knew theyContinue reading “Answer the Call (1 Cor 7:17-24)”

“God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles” (Hebrews 2:4, AV) While in the study of 1 Corinthians, I felt is necessary to divert for this post and share something that happened to us today. I decided to take my wife out for lunch since she is having surgeryContinue reading “That We May Know (Heb 2:4a)”

“But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?” (1 Corinthians 7:15–16, AV)Continue reading “Divorce Controversy (1 Corinthians 7:10-16)”

“But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leaveContinue reading “Single on Sunday (1 Cor 7:12-14)”

“And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.” (1 Corinthians 7:10–11, AV) Today there seems to be an aggressiveContinue reading “Sanctity of Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:10-13)”