Few things are as desperately needed today as the recovery of the ancient practice of Sabbath — a full day, every week, set aside to stop, rest, delight, and worship.

Within Paul’s discussion of Sex and Sexuality — God’s Beautiful Gift — he drops a powerfully instructive and timely word on the distinctive of the local church that is perhaps the most dismissed, and at times the most abused. In doing so he builds on Jesus’ powerful words and offers a brilliant guide for the church’s response to church sin. And it’s way better than mere conflict resolution.

We arrive at the second great subject in 1st Corinthians; a layered discussion of how the church in Corinth is facing corruptions of God’s Beautiful Gift: sex within the marriage of husband and wife. Join us for a timely and very personal conversation on this powerful topic.

A Gospel-survey identifying our need for a Good Shepherd to embark on a rescue mission to welcome us back home.

A Gospel-survey identifying our need for a Redeemer to liberate us from bondage to sin.

Unimaginable shock and despair lingered over a silent Sabbath day. But the dawn of Sunday morning brought with it an equally unimaginable truth. Jesus has risen from the dead. Come see Him. Behold His scars. Everything has changed.

We meet the seething crowd for Passover in Jerusalem so long ago, craning our necks to see the man everyone is talking about, the Great Miracle Worker, Healer, Prophet and Fulfiller of Prophecy, Jesus of Nazareth. He is humble and riding on a donkey as He enters the Temple. Behold Your King. 

As Paul wraps up his plea against division in the Church, popular cultural lies and Jesus-truth continue to collide. Paul speaks in a deeply personal, Fatherly tone, with masterful encouragement, reminders and warnings that the Church still desperately needs today.

Our maturity in Christ is determined by what we receive, not by what we earn.

Jesus is the unshakeable foundation of the Church, and it’s up to us to decide how we will build upon His finished work. We are His holy temple — a people called to build, knowing that He dwells with us.