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People will often say that the church isn't a building, it's a people. Yes and no. In this passage Paul writes that the church, metaphorically and spiritually speaking, is a building. And what he says is that what we build the building on matters. And the type of building we build matters. And how we treat the building matters too.

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John 4:1-29

We are taking a one week break from our series on I Corinthians and dropping on John 4 where Jesus encounters a woman with a past. In this encounter Jesus reminds us of who He came for and what He came to do.

In this text Paul returns to the topic of jealousy and strife taking place in the Corinthian church. The cause for these issues was people in the church walking according to the flesh and thinking like mere humans. The cure? A greater understanding of the gospel, which brings unity and peace and places us all on the same footing.

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In this week's text Paul continues addressing the wisdom and power of God which is Jesus crucified but he focuses most of his attention on the role of the Holy Spirit in relation to the wisdom and power of God. In this message we consider the origin, the means, the recipients and finally the outcome of the wisdom and power of God in the life of the believer.

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Descriptors like “Gospel-Centered” and “Christ-Centered” became buzzwords in the early 2000’s as a way to describe churches and ministries and movements. A proliferation of books filled the market expounding everything from “Gospel-Centered living,” to the “Gospel-Centered family,” to “Gospel-Centered” ministry. But, what does it actually mean to say that a church is “Gospel-Centered” or Shaped by the Gospel? Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 help us answer that question.

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As North American Christians we live lives of relative safety, ease, and even some cultural approval from non-Christians. Therefore, we often think that the greatest threats to the Church will be either physical persecution—that is being arrested for our faith or killed—or cultural persecution—that is us losing our jobs and social standing because our Christian views are incompatible with our culture’s. But a look at the Bible and church history would suggest that there is a far greater threat. Do you know what group of people has destroyed more churches than any other throughout history? It’s not the Roman Empire, ISIS, or even the Communist regimes of the 20th century. The correct answer—is professing Christians. Professing Christians have done more to damage to the spread of the true Gospel than anyone else. Whether this is the medieval Church that launched the Crusades, or entire denominations that have gone liberal and don’t believe in the authority of the Scriptures, or even church pastors who have abused their congregants—false teachers and false followers of Christ. Therefore, one of the greatest threats to the church today is the danger that lies within. The apostle Paul understood this and addresses here in 1 Cor 1:10-17, 1) the deadly danger of division, 2) what division looks like, and 3) how we can defeat it.

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In this message we start a new series on I Corinthians. In spite of what you may have heard, and many think, the church in Corinth may have been the healthiest church in the New Testament. It was also an extremely messy church but in this message we'll notice what Paul saw in the Corinthians greater than their messiness.

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In this kick off message to the new ministry year we answer the question, with the skeptic in mind, of why Midtown exists to make Jesus known.

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