MOP--PreBlast.11-6-11.SELF-DISCIPLINE

OK Brothers,


     This week's Quonset Hut will feature strong words from Paul:  


Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.  (1 Cor 9:24-27).


     Here's some questions to consider:


             1)  To what does Paul's analogy to a "race" apply?


             2)  What is the "prize"?


             3)  If the wreath won in a footrace is perishable, what prize is "imperishable"?


             4)  In today's culture, do we think of athletes as exercising "self-control in all things"?


             5)  What images arise from Paul's invocation of aimless running and a boxer beating the air?


             6)  From what is Paul disqualified if he fails to discipline his body after preaching to others?


      THE QUONSET HUT:


                  10:00 a.m.
                  Christ Episcopal Chapel
                  "the doors are always open" -- Slick