The Corinthian Crisis (1 Corinthians 1:1-9)
Some years ago on a Sunday morning here, I was preaching on a section from the sixth chapter of First Corinthians and commenting on Verse 9...
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1 Corinthians: Epistle to the 21st Century
The first epistle of Paul to the Corinthians is a very, very important letter for us because it so thoroughly captures the problems that we face as moderns living in this modern age. The rea...
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20 of 39 episodesBehind Divisions (1 Corinthians 1:10-17)
As we read through First Corinthians, I think we will see how very much like modern day churches this ancient church of Corinth was. Unlike...
God's Nonsense (1 Corinthians 1:18-25)
I think no American Christian can read First Corinthians without feeling right at home. I was told recently of a young pastor who was inquir...
God's Tools (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)
I have entitled this study God's Tools because it deals with those whom God uses to change the world, but I could have entitled it God's Foo...
God's Wisdom (1 Corinthians 2:1-10)
As we are looking at this passage from First Corinthians together, we are learning why it is that all our accumulation of knowledge does not...
God's Teacher (1 Corinthians 2:10-13)
I think one of the things that must have deeply impressed everyone who heard Jesus himself teach was the fact that he spoke with such author...
The Mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:14-16)
Last week my wife and I were privileged to be in Portland, Oregon, for the inauguration of young Joe Aldrich to succeed his father, Dr. Will...
Carnal and Spiritual Christians (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)
The church at Corinth was full of problems, factions, divisions and splits largely because its members loved the wisdom of men. They were pr...
God's Builders (1 Corinthians 3:10-15)
Several weeks ago I was down in Austin, Texas, where I was privileged to dedicate a new building for the Grace Community Church there. It wa...
How to Destroy a Church (1 Corinthians 3:16-23)
One of the most popular hymns of all time about the church is the well known Onward, Christian Soldiers, Marching As To War . The second ver...
The True Minister (1 Corinthians 4:1-7)
We will be looking at the first seven verses of First Corinthians 4 this morning, the passage that defines for us the true view of a ministe...
A Father in Action (1 Corinthians 4:8-21)
In this section of First Corinthians, the apostle is going to be dealing with the problem of a complacent church, that is, a church filled w...
Scandal in the Church (1 Corinthians 5:1-13)
One of the growing problems the church is facing today is what to do about the frightening increase in sexual immorality among Christians. I...
The Wrong Way to Right Wrongs (1 Corinthians 6:1-11)
The Apostle Paul is dealing with the problem of lawsuits among brethren in this passage from First Corinthians 6. Just last week, I picked u...
What are Bodies For? (1 Corinthians 6:12-20)
Corinth was a city given over to the worship of sex. A thousand priestesses from the temple of Aphrodite that stood on the little hill behin...
Sex in Marriage (1 Corinthians 7:1-9)
When we come to the seventh chapter of First Corinthians we plunge right into a very explicit and forthright passage dealing with sex in mar...
Answers on Divorce (1 Corinthians 7:10-24)
In the seventh chapter of First Corinthians, the Apostle Paul leads us into confrontation with one of the major social problems of our day,...
Alone but Not Lonely (1 Corinthians 7:25-40)
In this section of First Corinthians, the Apostle Paul has already discussed the place of sex in marriage and the right and wrong of divorce...
What's behind Your Influence? (1 Corinthians 8:1-13)
In the eighth chapter of First Corinthians we come to the second question these Corinthians had asked the Apostle Paul in the letter they wr...
Rights or Wrongs (1 Corinthians 9:1-23)
In Chapter 9 of First Corinthians, the Apostle Paul is still answering the question that these Corinthians had asked him, "Is it right to ea...