Teaching on 1 Corinthians

Teaching on 1 Corinthians

To confront a church strongly influenced by its immoral context, deeply divided in its fellowship, and very chaotic in its worship, as well as to answer specific questions the church had sent to Paul.

Session 4: The Cross and Divine Wisdom

1 Corinthians 2:1-16 In light of what we just heard, I invite you to return to the letter of 1 Corinthians to the second chapter in order that you can see how Paul executed on this cross-centered paradigm in his ministry. In this session, we’re going to observe how Paul’s cross-centered paradigm clarifies and simplifies our ministry, how it helps us stay on target in our ministry in order that we, through our ministry and by God’s grace, unleash God’s…

Session 3: The Cross and the Pulpit

1 Corinthians 1:18-25 I invite you to turn to the book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 1, as we open our time together this evening, as we come to a text that shows us the centrality of the Theology of the Cross, in a ministry of a Christian pulpit. And this is a most instructive text, one that I’ve loved over the years and feel privileged to be able to bring to you here this evening. 1 Corinthians chapter 1, beginning…

Marriage and the Unmarried Christian, Part 1

Selected Scriptures We have come to the final messages in our marriage series this morning and this evening we’ll cover those. We’re asking the question today: What does the Bible have to say to unmarried Christians? How should the unmarried think about marriage and their place in a church where marriages predominate.   There are about 75% of the members of Grace Church that are married, which means, if you do the math, I think I’ve got this right, 25% of…

Abounding in Resurrection Certainty

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 Last weekend, it was a wonderful weekend for celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Every year, we proclaim the resurrection on Easter Sunday, and because we know that people visit our church who may not know Jesus Christ personally, we like to use that opportunity every year to make sure they get a very clear gospel presentation. That’s what I endeavored to do last week.   And I have to admit that I have mixed emotions about that.…

Run to Win

1 Corinthians 9:24-27 If you can take your Bibles and open them to 1 Corinthians chapter 9 this morning.  Normally on Sunday mornings, we’re going through, working our way through Luke’s Gospel, but I felt compelled this week to direct our attention to the example of the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.  The elders met a couple of weeks ago to discuss some of the amazing things God is doing in our church these days.    We are, all of…
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