Sunday, July 25, 2021. 1 Corinthians 7:1-24 | “The Life That The Lord Has Assigned.” The church in Corinth wrote to the apostle concerning issues affecting their fellowship with one another in Christ. Thankfully, God’s Word preserves the answers in 1 Corinthians for our benefit today. Chapter 7 turns a corner in this letter and addresses first the questions involving marriage. Then, as the apostle ends this section, he reminds us all that the Lord is in control of our lives in every circumstance. 

Sunday, July 18, 2021. 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 | “You Are Not Your Own.”  What does it mean for Jesus to be “Lord”? This text makes it clear. To call Jesus “Lord” means I am not my own! Jesus owns me because He purchased me. In response, I worship God with all my heart, soul, mind and body. 

Sunday, July 11, 2021. 1 Corinthians 6:1-11 | “Do Not Be Deceived.” The Church of God belongs to God. This makes Her distinct from any other assemblies found in the world! For this reason, the apostle comes down hard on the church in Corinth when their shameful actions confuse this distinction among themselves, and especially in the eyes of unbelievers in the world. Simply put, the church was deceived and their witness for Jesus as a consequence was lost! This text returns to a recurring theme of the Church’s identity in Christ, and ends with a powerful whisper of Gospel transformation and hope. 

Sunday, July 4, 2021. John 4:1-42 | Why Are You Here?John 4 is a pivotal text on worship in the New Testament as evidenced by this conversation Jesus has with a woman from Samaria. If we as Christ’s Church ever question what true worship is, we can find Jesus explaining the answer here. What begins as a simple request by Jesus for a drink of water, turns into a witnessing conversation that ends with this woman becoming a witness for Jesus and bringing many people to Him. This sermon highlights the witness of worship.

Sunday, June 13, 2021. 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 | “Purge the Evil Person.” 1 Corinthians sounds like a harsh letter directed at a church with significant sin, but it is a “holy harshness” and “divine discipline” meant not to punish, but to purify! The Church is powerful when the Church is pure. Because God is holy, His Church must care about Church discipline.

Sunday, June 06, 2021. 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 | “Be Imitators of Me." How would you describe the role of a minister? What expectations do you have for him? How is a minister held accountable? Prepare for your expectations to be challenged by God’s Word! The apostle explains that a minister is a servant, a steward, a spectacle, and a spiritual father who represents Christ.

Sunday, May 30, 2021. 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 | “Do You Not Know?” There is no good reason for the church of Jesus Christ to be ignorant about what God has made known. Yet, the church in Corinth was just that - ignorant. The apostle does not hold back in his rebuke. He calls the saints what they are: “fleshly” and “infants” and even names their sin. Perhaps they might grow up and rid themselves of the destruction their division is causing, before it is too late!?

Sunday, May 23, 2021. 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 | “We Have the Mind of Christ.” This passage of Scripture does not offer concrete application or specific commands to obey, but it does tell us what we have been given in Christ. The Church has the mind of Christ and has received the Holy Spirit from God to understand as those who are mature, the wisdom of God through the cross. We will learn that the wisdom of God is more than mere knowledge, it is a knowledge that acts.

Sunday, May 16, 2021. 1 Corinthians 1:18-2:5 | “We Preach Christ Crucified.” “We preach Christ.” GREAT! Few would have any problem with that statement. Now, add one more word, the word “crucified,” and everything changes! Jews stumble, Greeks scoff, and a division is immediately made among hearers who are being saved and hearers who are perishing. This is the power of the cross of Christ, as the word of the cross, the gospel message is preached.

Sunday, May 9, 2021. Matthew 15:1-9 | “Honor Your Father and Your Mother” [Mother's Day]. The command to “honor your father and your mother” is one of the oldest commandments in the Bible. So what does it mean to “honor” someone, especially our mothers? In this Mother’s Day sermon, we all learn from Jesus that honor involves more than speaking well about someone. Honor is an action that proceeds from the heart and will cost us something. Whatever is costly, is valuable, and God’s Word makes it clear that God values mothers.