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1 Corinthians
Contributed by Brady Boyd on Aug 21, 2024 (message contributor)
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1. 1 Corinthians 1
Contributed on Aug 21, 2024
Corinth is a fascinating city in Greece that was a major center for International east-west trade. People from all over came to this prosperous place to make their fortunes. The message of a humble Jesus who died on a humiliating cross was not going to be popular.
1st Corinthians 1 August 25, 2024 • Corinth is a fascinating city in Greece that was a major center for International east-west trade. • When Paul lived there, Corinth was the host of the Isthmian Games, second only to the Olympics in popularity. • Paul most likely lived in a small apartment ...read more
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2. Planting And Watering
Contributed on Sep 3, 2024
Who is picking your seat? Humility requires faith to believe that God has a seat for us.
Church in the City 1st Corinthians 3 Planting and Watering September 8, 2024 1 Corinthians 3:6-9 NIV “I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The man who plants and the man who ...read more
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3. Sin In The Church
Contributed on Sep 11, 2024
Did your life change when you decided to follow Jesus?
Church in the City – Chapter 5 Sin in the Church September 15, 2024 Did your life change when you decided to follow Jesus? Should believers inside the church live different lives than those outside the church? Remember, in Corinth, there were very few sexual boundaries. This sexual freedom was ...read more
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4. The Spiritual Mystery Of Sex
Contributed on Sep 19, 2024
It seems the world is fixated on sex. God’s not embarrassed for us to talk about it and ask questions.
Church in the City – Chapter 6 The Spiritual Mystery of Sex September 22, 2024 It seems the world is fixated on sex. God’s not embarrassed for us to talk about it and ask questions. The question the world is asking about sex: How can I have sex with more people and have the most pleasure? The ...read more
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5. Run To Get The Prize
Contributed on Oct 7, 2024
Paul was using a race metaphor the people of Corinth would immediately understand. Corinth was the home of the Isthmian Games – the city was full of athletes who were training.
Church in the City – 1st Corinthians 9 Run to Get the Prize October 6, 2024 Paul was using a race metaphor the people of Corinth would immediately understand. Corinth was the home of the Isthmian Games – the city was full of athletes who were training. 1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV “Do you not know that ...read more
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6. Tempted But Winning
Contributed on Oct 9, 2024
All of us have been tempted! All of us will be tempted again! It will never stop!
Church in the City – Chapter 10 Tempted but Winning October 13, 2024 All of us have been tempted! All of us will be tempted again! It will never stop! Paul was about to remind the “educated and modern” Corinthians that they were being tempted with the same things the Israelites had struggled with ...read more
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7. A Giver Of Gifts
Contributed on Oct 24, 2024
What’s a spiritual gift? The Holy Spirit at work in us in a particular way to glorify Jesus and to strengthen people.
Church in the City – Chapter 12 A Giver of Gifts October 27, 2024 What’s a spiritual gift? The Holy Spirit at work in us in a particular way to glorify Jesus and to strengthen people. 1 Corinthians 12:1, 4-11 NIV “Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be ignorant. 4 There are ...read more
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8. The Giver Of Gifts - Part 2
Contributed on Nov 6, 2024
Our faith rests on the settled issues. “I am sure” and “I am certain”.
Church in the City – Chapter 12, Part 2 The Giver of Gifts November 3, 2024 1 Corinthians 12:7-10 NIV “Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. 8 To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by means of the ...read more
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9. The Gift Of Prophecy
Contributed on Nov 13, 2024
The people we love and trust the most are the ones we listen to most intently.
Church in the City – 1 Corinthians 14 The Gift of Prophecy November 17, 2024 Acts 2:16-18 NIV “No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: 17 "'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see ...read more