Apostle Paul encourages the whole church to seek the spiritual gifts of tongues and prophecy to build us up as individual Christians and as the body of Christ - we just need to ask!

Love is not a feeling, it's a way of life - and Apostle Paul calls the church back to the priority of love in all that we say and do.

Overcoming temptation is, perhaps, less about resisting it and more about a deeper commitment to discipleship.

As freedom, culture and tradition clash in the Corinthian church, Paul begs the question, 'Does how we dress, speak and act when we come together in public worship honour God and not distract others from worshipping?'

When food sacrificed to idols becomes and issue for the Corinthian Christians, Paul challenges them to consider which is more important - knowledge, or love?

The Apostle Paul addresses issues concerning sexual relationships arguing that both marriage and celibacy are gifts from God, and calls the Corinthian church to Holy living.

Against the prevailing cultures of both 1st and 21st century worlds, Paul insists that what we do with our bodies either honours, or dishonours, God.

The Spirit transformed believers into passionate witnesses to Christ on the day the church was birthed, and He's still doing it today - if we will have the courage to allow Him.

Paul administers tough love in a case of sexual immorality in the Corinthian church - and calls us to radical and counter-cultural Christian lives.

Jesus calls us not to judge but to love and bless, whatever the consequences, in a counter cultural life lived under grace.