[Passage: 1 Cor 14: 1 – 25; Sunday morning, 08 Feb, 2009]
AS WE have seen, Paul aims for the Corinthians to make sure that neither fellowship nor evangelism is hindered. And, if we use our gifts as they were meant to be used, that will happen.
Did you know that what we just read was a [...]
[Passage: 1 Cor 13: 1 – 13; Sunday morning, 01 Feb, 2009]
Paul speaks to a church in trouble and tells them that he has a more excellent way for them. And it is the same message for all churches in trouble. There is a more excellent way.
I stopped at a service station one day, and [...]
[Passage: 1 Cor 12: 1 – 31; Sunday morning, 25 Jan, 2009]
BRACE YOURSELVES for this news: if you are a Christian, you are charismatic. If you are not charismatic, you are not a Christian, because Christians are gifted by the Holy Spirit.
Charismatic
Some Church–goers would have walked out by now, because “Charismatic” has become a dirty [...]
[Passage: 1 Cor 11: 1 – 16; Sunday morning, 18 Jan, 2009]
PAUL HATED women. You’ve heard that said, I guess? Is this passage proof that he wished to suppress them? Remembering his comments about women being silent, is it possibly true?
What about the women Paul was quite positive about? What about his friends? There was [...]
[Passage: 1 Cor 10: 1 – 22, preached Sunday morning, 11 Jan, 2009]
WE HAVE spent a lot of time in 1 Corinthians looking at Paul’s twin concerns: that the Christians in Corinth should do nothing to break down fellowship and nothing to hinder evangelism.
There are many challenges to fellowship. Chapter 10 focuses on that single [...]
[Passage: 1 Cor 9: 1 – 27, preached Sunday morning, 04 Jan, 2009]
IN 1971, I turned 25. I was married, we had a baby on the way. I was working in a Council’s Engineering department, and was doing a degree at night. I remember quite a bit of that year.
One thing stands out. A June [...]
