• Your Body is NOT Yours-1 Cor 6:12-20

  𝑫𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 OUR BODIES DO NOT BELONG TO US 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆? �I�m free to do anything� is the Corinthian Christian�s favorite […]

  October 7, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• You Were Cleansed by the Name-1 Cor 6:1-11

  If someone from the church cheats and deceives you and you lose lots of money to them, will you sue them? Why or why not? How does 1 Cor 6:2, 3, 10 share Paul’s common […]

  September 30, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• Excommunication-1 Cor 5:1-13

  Will you confront, discipline and expel someone close to you in the church because they are “sinning” ️(1 Cor 5:2, 5, 7, 13)? Can you not waver and judge and pronounce judgment in the church (1 Cor 5:12b-13)? […]

  September 25, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• Imitate Me-1 Cor 4:14-21

  Do you model�and�embody�for others the meaning of the gospel?�The�goal�of�all Christians�is to be so Chrislike and to so�embody Christ�that we can say [confidently and humbly] to other Christians, �Imitate me� (1 […]

  September 16, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• When You Are Scum-1 Cor 4:6-13

  Do you suffer like Christ, like Paul, until others think you�re out of allignment�that you�re like scum?�There�s a jarring personal dissonance and disconnect to answer this while I�m comfortably reading […]

  September 12, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• When You Are Judged-1 Cor 4:1-5

  When someone judges you,�how do you feel? We all have an�ego driven�sinful human�default�to�judge others�(cf. Mt 7:1). You criticize a persons� �weakness� and compare it with your strengths or to someone […]

  September 5, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• Deceived by Wisdom-1 Cor 3:18-23

  𝑫̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢ ͢𝒚̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒕̳͢͢𝒉̳͢͢𝒊̳͢͢𝒏̳͢͢𝒌͢ ͢𝒚̳͢͢𝒐̳͢͢𝒖̳͢͢ ͢𝒂̳͢͢𝒓̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢ ͢𝒘̳͢͢𝒊̳͢͢𝒔̳͢͢𝒆̳͢͢? Because of our �wisdom� our�tendency�is to�turn human preferences�into�exclusive ones. Then you�ll think or act as though you�re wiser than others [even Paul�and God]! 𝑫𝒐 […]

  August 29, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• Build with Care or Be Destroyed-1 Cor 3:10-17

  𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐�or 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒎𝒔? On what�are�you�building�your�church�/ your life? WARNING:�build carefully�on�Christ�NOT�on��systems/slogans.� Paul directly�attacks�those responsible for the�divisions. His�singular concern�is that those leading the church […]

  August 23, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• Merely Servants-1 Cor 3:4-9

  My way or the highway. My experience with leadership is not great. [Then again I’ve never been an easy person to lead!] My medical clinic director demanded that I come into work […]

  August 18, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons

• You’re NOT Spiritual-1 Cor 3:1-4

  Am I an “unspiritual Christian” [an oxymoron]? Are you BOTH spiritual and a Christian? Paul bluntly, directly and pointedly says, “You‘re NOT spiritual” (1 Cor 3:1a), and “You’re ‘fleshly‘” [worldly, NIV] (1 Cor 3:1b, 3a), because they’re quarreling and […]

  August 14, 2020 1 Corinthians, New Testament, Sermons