Sermons about 1 Corinthians 1:17-2:16

No Such Thing As A Comfortable Cross

Contributed by Jonathan Busch on Feb 17, 2003

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Sometimes we like to pad the cross so that people aren’t accidental hurt by its sharp edges. Now it is okay to do this with our methods, but we must never pad the message. We must always represent the reality of the Cross of Jesus Christ is about.

No Such Thing As A Comfortable Cross Text: 1 Cor 1:20-25 Intro: This evening I would like to bring you a message entitled “No Such Thing As A Comfortable Cross” I am taking the thoughts I am sharing from a article I read earlier this week by Victor Knowles entitled “Cutting Corners of the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:20-25

Denomination: Pentecostal

Adjusting Our Focus

Contributed by Tony Fox on Feb 21, 2003

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Paul writes to Corinth to get them to focus on the cross of Christ.

“Adjusting Our Focus” February 12, 2003 (1Cor. 1.17-18) Adult Bible Study We’ve all had the job one time or another of taking pictures. When you do, you want to make sure that the image you are trying to capture is in focus else you get a smeared image. Sometimes we have to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-18

Denomination: Baptist

The Cross

Contributed by Rodney Johnson Sr., on Mar 1, 2003

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There can be no preaching apart from the cross. The preaching of the cross is the power of God unto salvation. This sermon reminds the believer that ultimate knowledge is knowing Christ and Him cruicified.

Introduction: The greatest event in human history is the death of our Saviour upon that old rugged cross. I didn’t say the cross of Christ because the cross was the sinner’s cross and Christ had none. In our text, the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "I resolved to know nothing while I was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-2, 1 Corinthians 2:2

Denomination: Baptist

The Priority Of Christ Series

Contributed by David Welch on Mar 4, 2003

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Second in a series in 1 Cor focusing on the first of three cures for disunity in the church. Keeping our eyes on Jesus and Him crucified.

Chico Alliance Church March 2, 2003 Pastor David Welch “The Priority of Christ and the Cross” I Corinthians 1:10-31 OUTLINE Address and Introduction (Greeting and Thanksgiving) 1:1-9 I. Reproof for fleshly behavior 1-6 A. Reproof concerning divisions 1-4 B. Reproof concerning disorder ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-31

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

"From The Garden To The City" Series

Contributed by Gary Smith on Mar 15, 2003

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This sermon takes you on a trip from the garden of Eden, to the New City Of Jerusalem. It seeks to explain we should read & study the prophetic scriptures.

Prepared For Lexington Church Of God For Sunday Morning March 16th, 2003 “From The Garden To A City” TEXT: 1 Cor 2:4-13 (KJV) 4 And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: 5 That your faith should not stand in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:4-13

Denomination: Church Of God

Detours

Contributed by John Beehler on Mar 20, 2003

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When you run into the cross, don’t look for a detour because you’re right where you’re supposed to be.

Detours The 2002 Rube Goldberg Machine Contest National Challenge was to select, raise, and wave a national flag…in twenty or more steps! The idea of this contest is that groups of students are given an elementary challenge: something as simple as peeling an apple, sharpening a ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

"Here And Now We Stand Because Of The Cross"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Mar 21, 2003

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As Christians, we stand in a different place because of this Cross...what are we going to do about it?

1 Corinthians 1:18-25 “Here and Now We Stand Because of the Cross” By: Rev. Kenneth Sauer, Pastor of Parkview United Methodist Church, Newport News, VA I will never forget it. I was about eleven years old. He was not a preacher. He was the director of our Youth Choir. He had no training in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: United Methodist

Lent Answers Lifes Big Questions

Contributed by Gregg Bitter on Mar 27, 2003

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We often serach for answers to life’s questions by looking at how we feel or what makes sense to us; however, God points us to Christ crucified.

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God through which the Holy Spirit touches our hearts are the words he breathed into the Apostle Paul to write, recorded in 1 Corinthians 1 Jews demand miraculous sings and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:22-25

Denomination: Lutheran

Gorify God Series

Contributed by Dennis Lawrence on Mar 31, 2003

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Belshazzar died because he did not glorify God. Be sure this doesn’t happen to you!

Glorify God Let us think back to one fateful night in 539 BC- a night quite a long time before any of us was born, despite what our children might think or say, sometimes. Something very significant happened that night, which gives us a lesson that is vital for this period of time for ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 5:23, 1 Corinthians 1:29-31

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Journey From The Intellectual To The Foolish Series

Contributed by Rick Stacy on Dec 16, 2002

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2nd of 4 messages: Wise men traveled a great distance to worship Jesus, yet there were important intellectuals who wouldn’t go six miles out to see if the rumors were true... Today intellectuals find it difficult to embrace the foolishness of a God who i

12/15/2002: The Journey from Intellectual to Foolish Wise men traveled a great distance to worship Jesus, yet there were important intellectuals who wouldn’t go six miles out to see if the rumors were true... Today intellectuals find it difficult to embrace the foolishness of a God who is born a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 2:1-12, 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Big Picture Series

Contributed by Shawn Drake on Dec 23, 2002

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This is the 5th sermon in the series "Church On The Rocks". This is also the 3rd sermon in this Christmas Series. This sermon looks at the difference the light makes in the darkness.

Sunday Morning December 22, 2002 Bel Aire Baptist Church Series: Church On The Rocks [#5] (Christmas Series #3) THE BIG PICTURE 1 Corinthians 2:6-9 Introduction: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9 1. God¡¦s ways of doing things do not make sense to us so often, but it does not change the fact that He is in ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:6-9

Denomination: Baptist

Resting On God's Power

Contributed by Clyde Grimes on Dec 28, 2002

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Revival comes by resting on God’s power alone

Resting on God’s Power (1 Corinthians 2:1-5) I. How Paul Came A. Not… 1. Eloquence 2. Superior wisdom B. For I resolved… 1. To know nothing 2. Except Jesus Christ and Him crucified C. I came to you… 1. In weakness 2. In fear 3. With much trembling II. Paul’s Message and Preaching A. Not ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Lunacy? Series

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 10, 2003

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This sermons illustrates the forms that division takes in the church as well as the absolute necessity to end it! Then the sermon outlines attitudes that can defeat division.

Lunacy? 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 January 12, 2003 INTRO: A. [Lunatics Never Unite, Citation: Haddon Robinson, "The Wisdom of Small Creatures," Preaching Today, Tape No. 93.] A man went to an asylum for the criminally insane. He was a bit surprised to find that there were three guards to take care ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Power Of The Cross Series

Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Jan 17, 2003

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This sermon contrasts the misunderstandings many have of the cross with the true meaning and power of the cross.

1 Corinthians The Power of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 January 19, 2003 Intro: A. The Bible refers to the power of Jesus when it says that He is seated at God’s right hand. 1. [The Left Hand of God.] The story is told of a little girl and her mom discussing the morning Sunday school ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How To Maintain Harmony In The Church House

Contributed by Gary Wagoner on Jan 18, 2003

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Based on I Corinthians 1

1 Cor. 1 How to Maintain Harmony in the House Jan 03 Thesis: Principles on maintaining harmony in the Church Introduction: The church is the ecclesia, the called out of God. In the days of the Apostle Paul anytime a Roman city had a town meeting the ecclesia would gather together. These ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17, 1 Corinthians 1:10-15

Denomination: Baptist

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