Sermons on 1 Corintios 8:6:

Doing Community

Contributed by Roddy Chestnut on Oct 18, 2000

Thesis: We create community when we restrict our freedom for the sake of others.

Thesis: We create community when we restrict our freedom for the sake of others. Intro.: 1. "I WANT TO DO WHAT I WANT TO, WHEN I WANT TO, AND I DON'T WANT ANYONE TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!" a. Sound familiar? b. Words of someone (demanding their rights / expressing their personal freedom). c. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Shoud I Help My Brother Or Sister

Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Jun 1, 2001

This sermon deals with what happens when our Christian Liberty leads another person into temptation.

Should I Help My Brother Or My Sister GNLCC 5/20/2001 2 Sam. 11:1-5 1 Corin. 8:1-13 Suppose you had invited someone over to your home. Let’s suppose there was a skunk outside and something scared it so that it gave off it’s scent. The smell begins to enter the home. You immediately ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13, Romans 14:1-22

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God The Father Series

Contributed by Abimbola Salu on Jan 12, 2005

A look at the nature of God the Father .

As A Christian, have you ever wondered about the person of GOD the Father? I have done this several times and to be honest, He is the least known of the blessed Holy Trinity. I mean, almost every Christian knows who Jesus Christ is. We have pictures and images of him and films like “The Passion ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6

Denomination: Baptist

Christ Gives Us Total Freedom? Series

Contributed by Peter Schmidt on Nov 13, 2003

Luther gave 2 statements about Christian Freedom: "A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to everyone." St. Paul tells us what Christian Freedom really means.

Epiphany 4 I Corinthians 8:1-13 In just one word, what is the reason that thousands of our young men and women are being deployed half-way around the world to Iraq? Well, if you had to boil it down to just one word, that reason would be: freedom. Freedom for the Iraqi people from the dictator ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Value Judgments Or Judging With Value Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Sep 13, 2005

Each judgment we make, though, says far more about us than it does about the issue under judgment. Paul brings this into clarity for the believer, as judgments were being made over the significance of eating meat that had been offered to idols. The resp

VALUE JUDGMENTS OR JUDGING WITH VALUE 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 INTRODUCTION: The dictionary defines a value judgment as, ¡§an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed.¡¨ In reality, we all make judgments all the time. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

A Church Worth Talking About

Contributed by Clinton Smith on Mar 4, 2008

A church worth talking about is a church that finishes what they started.

It is related that a man once came to Charles H. Spurgeon, and asked that great preacher if his church was a pure church. He said he was looking for a pure church that he might belong to it. Mr. Spurgeon said that he did not know about his own church; but he did know that there were many good ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

Knowledge Without Love Who Get's The Glory?

Contributed by Doug Koehler on Jan 29, 2009

What would happen to our world if we had knowledge but no love to guide us? What happens to us when we focus on Godly knowledge but love does not motivate us to share our wisdom?

Knowledge without love? WHO GETS THE GLORY? Where would we be if we had great knowledge but no love? Imagine if our entire generation decided that knowledge was all that mattered. What would be the result? We would know how to operate using all our medical skill but, we would not care enough about ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Stumbling Stones Or Building Blocks - Your Choice!

Contributed by Russell Brownworth on Jan 30, 2009

How can we build people up...and why should we?

Audio File: http://player.sermoncentral.com/c/bethanyumcpastor/audio/178053_15567.mp3 -------------- 1Now concerning food sacrificed to idols: we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. 2Anyone who claims to know something does not yet have the necessary ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: United Methodist

Navigataing The Gray Areas

Contributed by Monty Newton on Jan 30, 2009

We are acting in love when we are considerate of the other person’s conscience.

Title: Navigating the Gray Areas Text: I Corinthians 8:1-13 Thesis: We are acting in love when we are considerate of the other person’s conscience. Introduction: In the Roman Catholic Church there is a list of the seven deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Gluttony, Greed, Lust, Wrath, and Sloth. In ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Commitment To God The Father Series

Contributed by Rule Digal on Apr 2, 2008

Our commitment and priority must first be to God. Some materials are taken from sermoncentral.com and higherpraise.com

Theme: COMMITTED TO THE FATHER Text: 1 Corinthians 8: 6 Introduction A. In our message last Sunday the closest disciple of Jesus, John the Beloved, told us what it means to be a committed follower of the Lord. It is to be committed to the claims of Jesus about Himself, committed to live as Jesus ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Stop Being A Spritual Wimp

Contributed by Rick Balmer on Sep 20, 2007

We need to stop letting the world dictate our Christianity

1 Corinthians 8:4-6 (KJV) 4 As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. 5 For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:4-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Knowledge Puffs Up But Love Builds Up

Contributed by Curt Cizek on Sep 24, 2007

We have a lot of knowledge in the Christian church today. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough love.

"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the story of a young man named Goodman Brown who meets up with the devil one night and takes a walk to a secret meeting only to find that every upstanding person in the community knows the devil by name. Even his saintly wife knows the devil ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Lutheran

Triune God: The Father Series

Contributed by Travis Jarrett on Oct 10, 2007

This message deals with the concept and theology of the Trinity, focusing on God the Father.

The Triune God: The Father 07.23.06 **NOTE: THIS IS A CONCEPT OUTLINE FOR THIS MESSAGE, NOT THE FULL MANUSCRIPT. GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA ARE AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THIS SERIES. This morning we continue our series on the Triune God and we begin by looking at the person of the Father and His ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:5-6

Denomination: *other

Raising The Mis-Steak

Contributed by Michael Hollinger on Oct 14, 2007

Good behavior is in one sense like good manners - we practice it because we love others in the same way that God loved us.

SERMON NOTES: RAISING THE MIS-STEAK The fifty-cent word: aidiaphoria Why was meat controversial? 1. Knowledge P_uffs_____ up a. Good Manners as a weapon b. Pharisees & other Know-It-Alls 2. Love B_uilds____ up a. Love doesn’t enable sin, it defeats it b. If you love me, _you will keep my ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Baptist

Building Brotherhood

Contributed by W Pat Cunningham on Sep 7, 2008

In a school, there are ways to build a brotherhood and ways to destroy it; Scripture leads the way.

It was pretty early in the morning that September Tuesday. I was a brand-new principal; you all were about eight or nine years old, just about the age when long-term memories begin to stick in your head. I walked out into my assistant’s office; she was turning on the television to see what was ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Denomination: Catholic