Grace Church of the Bay Area

Why do we as humans study the past-- To learn from previous mistakes of those who came before us so that we might not take the same missteps of history. This two part series from 1 Corinthians 10 serves the same purpose- to show us the mistakes of God's people, Israel, in the past for the the purpose of warning us, God's people today, the Church. Listen in as Pastor Roger details five Parallel Privileges between Christians and the nation of Israel so that we might not fall in the sins that destroyed them.

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Continuing our series on Ministerial Rights, Pastor Roger resumes preaching on -Christian Liberty-, specifically talking about what we as Christians are to do in order to win an audience for Christ. The example we are to follow is that of the athlete - we are to do whatever it takes -of course without sinning-. Listen in as we hear the five qualities of victorious Christian living.

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Continuing our series on Ministerial Rights, Pastor Roger resumes preaching on -Christian Liberty-, specifically talking about what we as Christians are to do in order to win an audience for Christ. The example we are to follow is that of the athlete - we are to do whatever it takes -of course without sinning-. Listen in as we hear the five qualities of victorious Christian living.

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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.

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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.

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