Grace Church of the Bay Area

Over the last few chapters in this series, we saw the command to forgo your own Christian liberties -that is any gray area that the bible does not specifically forbid us doing- in order to love your fellow Christian. We will see Paul extend this same principal as he describes his biblical right, that is God-given right, to ministerial pay. Paul is willing to sacrifice a salary from his work in ministry in order to better love the congregants of the Corinthian church. Listen in as we hear Pastor Roger detail five explanations for the vocational minister's pay.

There is an unfortunate tradition in the Christian church, especially in America, that pastors should be paid poorly and even further, that they should be paid just under enough. They often rely on extended family members to assist with basic needs just to make ends meet. Some even have themselves and their families forgo purchasing essential nutrient-rich food or cram a five-person family into a one-bedroom apartment because that is all their pastor's wages allow. It is not that their local church can't afford to pay their pastor well, it is that the congregation chooses not to. --Continuing our study of 1 Corinthians, listen in as we hear Pastor Roger dive into chapter 9, verses 1-7 where Paul shares a viewpoint from his own life as an apostle. Pastor Roger gives us -three aspects of vocational ministry as illustrated in apostleship- this Sunday.

Listen in as Pastor Roger bring the series on gray areas and Christian liberty to a close with powerful but practical helps.

Last week we heard Part Two of our four part series- Limiting Liberty. Today we discuss Part Three- The Right Choice as we continue our study of 1 Corinthians. Listen in as we learn how God asks us to handle the liberties or freedoms we are given in this earthly life.

Continuing our series of Limiting Liberty as we explore 1 Corinthians, this week we hear Pastor Roger preach on Part Two- The Foundational Contrast. Here, Paul describes the difference between our God, the one true God, and false idols- -1- the true God is singular and -2- the true God is supreme.

Every time a month has a fifth Sunday, Pastor Roger pauses the current series we are discussing to answer questions submitted by the members of Grace Church of the Bay Area. Listen in as we learn and grow as a church body.

The phrase -it is not fair- is not something that we need to learn - it is an idea that is engrained in us as human beings. And, this idea of -fairness- comes from our innate impulse to compare ourselves to others. Matthew 20- 1-16 addresses how we should biblically look at -fairness- --listen in as guest preacher, Pastor Alton To, teaches us about God's glorious grace.