Series: Call to Order: Overcoming Chaos through 1 Corinthians Title: Is Now a Good Time? Text: 1 Corinthians 14:26-40 Today’s Takeaway: In the assembly, we must discern the time to speak and the time to keep silent 1. Consider how the absolute of edification requires order  2. Consider how many have already spoken  3. Consider…

Series: Call to Order: Overcoming Chaos through 1 Corinthians Title: Better to Build Up Text: 1 Corinthians 14:1–25 Today’s Takeaway – Pursue Spirit-filled worship gatherings that not only stir the heart but also strengthen the mind 1. Corporate over Individual 2. Clarity over Commotion 3. Understanding over Experience 4. Attraction over Repulsion May we always remember: Love chooses what’s better, and it’s…

Series: Call to Order: Overcoming Chaos through 1 Corinthians Title: The Essential Ingredient Text: 1 Corinthians 13:1–13 Today’s Takeaway: Couple your gifting with love to conquer chaos 1. Love completes and validates your gifting 2. Love shapes your gifting like Christ 3. Love remains when your gifting is gone May you pursue love as passionately as you pursue your gifts, knowing love makes everything matter!

Series: Call to Order: Overcoming Chaos through 1 Corinthians Title: Gifted by Design Text: 1 Corinthians 12:1–31 Today’s Truth – Order replaces chaos in the church when the Spirit’s gifts are… 1. Rightly Understood – Discover how the Spirit has gifted you 2. Humbly Received – Recognize the God behind the gifting 3. Faithfully Exercised – Use your gifting for its God-given purpose 4. Mutually Valued – Celebrate the gifting God gave others May your gifting…

Series: Free at Last: Exploring Our Liberty through 1 Corinthians Title: The Beauty of the Binary Text: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Today’s Truth – Freedom blossoms when we embrace God’s good and ordered plan for gender 1. Grasp the cultural confusion 2. See the divine design 3. Live in faithful freedom May we live with godly…

Series: Free at Last: Exploring Our Liberty through 1 Corinthians Title: Liberty Under Love Text: 1 Corinthians 8:1-3, 10:16-11:1 Today’s Truth:  Mature Christian liberty is measured not by how much freedom you exercise but by how much freedom you limit as a demonstration of love to others 1. Love the lesser — Limit your liberty…

Series:  Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title:  Living Temporarily for the Eternal Text:  1 Corinthians 7:1-40 Today’s Truth – Whatever my situation, God’s unchanging call is selfless service to others. 1. God cares more about my faithfulness than my circumstances   2. Those single can focus exclusively on serving God…

Series:  Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title:  This Body Belongs To? Text:  1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Today’s Truth: My body exists to glorify God 1. It was created for the Lord 2. It was redeemed by the Lord 3. It is in union with the Lord 4. It will be…

Series:  Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title:  Such Were You Text:  1 Corinthians 6:1-11   Today’s Truth – God delights to wash away our grimy past so we can step into His glorious future.   1. A Grimy Reality We all have a grimy past and maybe a grimy present   2. A Grim Consequence…

Series:  Remedies for the Wreckage: Restoring through 1 Corinthians What Sin Broke Title:  The Hard but Holy Thing Text:  1 Corinthians 5:1-13 Today’s Topic – How a Bible-believing church should respond to a member who refuses to repent of serious sin 1. Mourn the sin 2. Call the sinner to repentance 3. Expel the unrepentant sinner 4. Separate socially from the unrepentant sinner 5. Pray for their repentance and…