1 Corinthians 16 is a caliper test checking the health of the church. Is it (1) a generous church, (2) an outward looking church, (3) a church on its guard…
1. Christ has been raised 2. Our bodies matter 3. We shall be changed. A recording of part of Handel's Messiah was cut out for copyright reasons.
The Corinthian church was divided in many ways. Paul is addressing divisions over corporate worship. What is the Church? 1. The Church is made up of all who have trusted…
The sinking of the Titanic was caused by a combination of complacency and presumption. The Corinthian church faced the same dangers, as can we. Our relationship with God is more…
I Corinthians 8 addresses the topic of meat offered to idols. It immediately raises the question of how Christians are to maintain their integrity in a non-Christian environment, but Paul…
The passage is one of the most difficult passages in Scripture. Background: Ch.1-6 - Paul deals with issues reported to him. From ch. 7 on, he answers specific questions raised…
The thread of freedom runs through the passage. For the Corinthians and Obama, freedom meant/means the absence of restrictions. This is a key value in our culture. This thought pattern…
This sermon was preached the day after England lost to Australia in the Rugby World Cup, which meant that Wales went through to the quarter-final, and the week after some…
This was preached the morning after Wales beat England in the 2015 World Cup, which explains the introduction. We are looking at leadership from a Christian perspective. Corinth was a…