Pastor Joel talks about the importance of staying motivated to reach the lost with the same intesity that athletes train for meaningless crowns. 

Pastor Joel goes over the Paul's arguements on why he deservews to get paid for his spiritual work. While Paul argues for payment, he ultimately says that the offering the gospel freely is more important then payment. 

Pastor Joel starts to deal with the issue of eating meat sacrificed to idols. Paul is encouraging the believers to realize that knowledge needs to be coupled with love.

Pastor Joel finishes chapter seven by going over some final issues on marriage that the Corinthians were dealing with. Paul's focus being on doing what is best for God's service.

Pastor Joel deals with the issue of law and gospel as it relates to Paul commanding the Corinthians to "keep the commandments of God" and also with Paul's command concerning slavery.

Pastor Joel deals with the difficult issue of divorce and remarriage.  He delves into the background behind Paul's instruction to the Corinthians.

Pastor Joel goes in-depth in explaining the cultural situation that has lead to the immorality of the Corinthians.  This lead them to Justify taking part in "Party Prostitution."

Pastor Joel discusses dealing with conflict in the church and with each other. Paul scolds the Corinthians on how they had been handling conflict in their context, providing us valuable principles for handling conflict today.

Pastor Joel discusses how Paul scolds the Corinthians for their response to terrible sin their midst. He points out how we often have the same attitude towards our own sin.

Pastor Joel emphasizes the importance of not judging our spiritual walk with God based on other people.