Why does Paul refuse payment for his church ministry? Should all pastors do the same? Paul teaches us that while we are afforded many rights, we are called to use (or forfeit) everything and anything for the sake of the gospel.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 9:1-18

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The world looks one way from ground level. But it looks very different when we get up above it. In 1 Corinthians 15:20-28, the Apostle Paul takes us higher and invites us to see the earth-shaking, life-changing, future-shaping impact of Jesus' resurrection.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 15:17-28

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Just like some of the Christians in Corinth, we are those who fight for our personal rights and freedoms. Paul here in 1 Corinthians 8 teaches that for those who love God, Gospel love trumps and must shape the exercise of our rights freedoms.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

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Like the Corinthians, we are a MESSY CHURCH filled with messy people who are living messy lives. We, like them, need clear Biblical instruction on the messy issues around marriage and divorce. 1 Corinthians 7 provides a guide!

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 7:10-16, 39-40

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In Luke 15, Jesus tells stories to teach hard-hearted religious people how much God values lost people. Jesus' teaching here challenges each of us to ask, "How much do I value the lost?"

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: Luke 15:1-3

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Why does Paul celebrate singleness? Why does he call it a gift when many see it as a curse? Paul elevates the singles in the church by pulling back our focus to see that devotion to God matters more than any relationship status.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 7:25-38

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After warning about the dangers of sexual immorality in chapter 6, Paul now highlights several principles for marriage in the first part of chapter 7.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 7:1-10

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Today, we step back from the tough details of 1 Corinthians 5 & 6 to provide some pastoral reflections, clarification, encouragement, and application from these chapters for our church family living and loving in the mess.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 5:7-13, 6:11

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In 1 Corinthians 6:12-20, Paul returns to the delicate and dangers area of sexual immorality and, again, grounds his teaching in the Gospel, all that God has done for us in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus!

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20

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The Christians in the Corinthian church are suing one another in civil courts! Its another area where they aren't living or applying the Gospel together.Here we see how Paul challenges them with the Gospel to live differently.

📖 SCRIPTURE READING: 1 Corinthians 6:1-11

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