Read 1 Corinthians 3 here. After a couple of weeks break, today we return to our study of 1 Corinthians. I don’t want to do a full review of our previous discussions, but I did … Read More
1 Corinthians 2: 6-16
Read 1 Corinthians 2: 6-16 here Our passage today picks up immediately from the verses we discussed last week. By way of very quick recap, following the greeting (1:1-9), where among other things, Paul asserts … Read More
1 Corinthians 1:10 – 2:5
Read 1 Corinthians 1:10-31 here Read 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 here As you know, we have begun looking at the book of 1 Corinthians, Paul’s letter to the church in Corinth. A couple of weeks ago, … Read More
1 Corinthians 1: 1-9
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be … Read More
1 Corinthians Background
Today we are going to begin a new series looking at the book of 1 Corinthians. And rather than jumping straight into the text, I thought it might be worthwhile to take a little bit … Read More
The Purpose of Community – Part 2
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been talking about community. We’ve talked about the significance of the Christian community, what this community looks like, and what this community does. Today, I want to talk a … Read More
The Purpose of Community – Part 1
Over the past couple of weeks, we have been talking about community. We’ve been talking about this because my hope is that, as the pandemic guidelines have now been lifted for some time, and as … Read More
The Character of Community
Last week, we began our short “beginning of the New Year” series by talking about the significance of community. In short, we discussed the ways in which the Church, the community of God, is the … Read More
The Significance of Community
9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you … Read More
2 Samuel 21-24
Read 2 Samuel 21 here Read 2 Samuel 22 here Read 2 Samuel 23 here Read 2 Samuel 24 here Ch. 21 Famine in the land David wants to make amends with the Gibeonites due … Read More