We love being right about things. Being wrong... not so much. The stakes are high within the church when people disagree on an issue. What is the right way to handle those disagreements? Paul has some thoughts.

This week, we continue to explore the underlying issues that lead to the Church in Corinth being so dysfunctional. What happens when the practices of the world around us come into direct conflict with the values of Jesus? What happens when our sense of self preservation conflicts with the values of Jesus? It's complicated but let's take a look.

We live in a world that has rules. We all live by these rules everyday. We follow a God whose rules are different than the rules of the world. In Corinth, we see how difficult it is to live the life that God has called his people to. They were not very good at it. In fact, they “adapted” God’s rules so that they could still live as Corinthians with a Jesus flavor. Paul told them clearly that they could not continue to live that way and call themselves Christians. There was only one thing that could help them change course. Would they use it?

The Corinthian church had several extraordinary problems. That is how it looks on the surface. Join us as we dig deeper and see that one of their core problems was one that has been around since creation. Who knows better? God or us?

The church in Corinth was a complicated community, but by no means were they unique in their complications. In fact you can trace some of their tendencies back through many of the phases of God's relationship with his people. This week we take a look at one episode from the Exodus which explains why people, across human history, similarly respond to adversity.

The Israelites were released from slavery by the Egyptians! That whole chapter is over...right? There was still one more lesson that needed to be taught: to Egypt, the Israelites, and the world. There is one God and he can do the impossible

The time has come for the people of God to leave the shackles of slavery behind, and begin their journey into freedom. But liberation is not something that just happens. Yes, God is setting them free, but they must first commit themselves to him in order to gain that freedom. Do they have the faith to believe that this is really going to happen?

The Exodus story has taken us down a long and complicated road on the way to freedom for God's people. One by one, the plagues came upon Egypt and each time, Pharaoh failed to let the people of God go. The tenth plague is the one that broke his will. Gods people were free at a terrible cost: the lives of all of the firstborn children in Egypt. What do we do with this story? It is a story of freedom, victory, sacrifice and great loss. Join us as we discuss one of the most significant and hard to swallow events in the Exodus story.

God sent the plagues upon Egypt for a very specific reason. The world needed to know that he is God. The road to deliverance is not an easy one. There are all kinds of things that can get in the way. Even so they cannot stop God and his plans for his people.

In the Exodus story, we see that God needed to make a statement. He wanted the world to know that he is God. He wanted Pharaoh to let his people go because he is God. He wanted the Hebrew people to follow him into the wilderness because he is God. But what was the best way to show them who he is? If frogs, gnats and flies came to mind, then you and God are on the same page.