1 Corinthians 10: Becoming a Community of Conscience Pt 2
In 1 Corinthians 10 Paul is continuing to help the Christians in Corinth work out how to love God and each other when they don’t agree on fundamental issues about how to live as followers...
1 Corinthians 8&9 – Becoming a Community of Conscience pt 1
In chapters 8 to 11 of 1 Corinthians the Apostle Paul is responding to a question about whether it’s OK to eat meat that was (or might have been) used in idol worship. Doesn’t sound...
1 Corinthians 7 pt 3 – Marriage and Singleness
In this chapel service we wrap up the series from 1 Corinthians 7 on Sex, Marriage and Singleness. This involves looking at Paul’s instructions to those who are currently single as well as reminding ourselves...
1 Corinthians 7 pt2 – Marriage and Divorce
When is Divorce permissible in God’s eyes? Jesus had to deal with that question from the religious community He belonged to; and it was one of the first pastoral issues that emerged in the religious...
1 Corinthians 7 pt1 – Marriage and Sex
In chapter 7 Paul begins applying the principles he’s laid down in the first section of the book to the questions the church wrote to him about. It shouldn’t surprise us that in a city...
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Opportunity or Obligation?
What’s the difference between an opportunity and an obligation? The people in Corinth were surrounded by opportunities to do whatever made them happy – there were few moral constraints on promiscuity, gluttony, gossip and so...
1 Corinthians 6 – Get the Right Help!
As Paul equips Christians in Corinth to fight their sin, he confronts the way they’re turning to the same sources as the culture around them when problems arise between people. Who should they be seeking...
1 Corinthians 5 – Fight Your Sin Q&A
After teaching through the message of 1 Corinthians 5 the previous week, Ps Mike addresses some questions that people brought to the text to help us better understand what the text means and how we...
1 Corinthians 5 – Fight Your Sin
In John 8 we see Jesus’ encounter with religious community that takes the sins of others very seriously – they’re legalistic. In 1 Corinthians 5 we see Paul address a religious community that looks very...
1 Corinthians 4: A Pedestal or the Rubbish Pile?
As leaders in the church at Corinth, both Paul and Apollos knew what it was like to be put on pedestals and treated like garbage! We’ve experienced that too in every community we’ve belonged to....