“The way we handle conflict reveals our focus, our desire, and our priority.”

This week at Steel City Church (Pittsburgh, PA), Pastor Chris Richards takes us into 1 Corinthians 6 to explore how the church is called to navigate conflict radically differently than the world around us.

Instead of lawsuits and division, Paul invites the Corinthian church—and us—to become peacemakers marked by humility, grace, and an unrestrained willingness to forgive.

🔎 This message explores:

• Why Paul rebukes Christians for taking each other to secular courts

• The difference between civil disputes and criminal accountability

• What it really means to be royal priests and saints in Christ

• How individualism and image management can ruin relationships

• Why Jesus’ example invites us to absorb wrongs rather than escalate them

• What it means to be a light in the darkness, even when it costs us

This isn’t just about conflict resolution—it’s about Christ-like transformation.

📖 Text: 1 Corinthians 6:1–8

🧭 Series: The Corinthian Complex – Confronting Confusion with Clarity

“I love you, but that…”

That was the phrase Pastor Chris’s uncle used to say when he delivered loving but hard truth—and it sets the tone for this important message from 1 Corinthians 5.

As we continue The Corinthian Complex series, Pastor Chris Richards leads Steel City Church through Paul’s sharp yet grace-filled call to address sin in the church. This chapter is heavy, but it’s filled with love, mercy, humility, and restoration.

🔍 In this message, we explore:

• Why sin isn’t just personal—it’s communal

• How unchecked sin can damage a whole church

• Jesus’ model for loving confrontation and patient correction (Matthew 18)

• Why grace and truth must walk hand-in-hand

• How the church is called to be a visible demonstration of Christ’s mercy

With humor, honesty, and clarity, this sermon challenges us not to hide behind pride or pretend everything is fine—but to love one another enough to step into hard conversations for the sake of healing and restoration.

📖 Text: 1 Corinthians 5

🧭 Series: The Corinthian Complex – Confronting Confusion with Clarity

What does it really mean to have the mind of Christ?

In this message from Steel City Church (Pittsburgh, PA), Pastor David Domalski bridges 1 Corinthians 2:16 and John 15, reminding us that as followers of Jesus, we don’t just believe in Him—we carry His Spirit, His love, and His mission within us.

With vulnerability, humor, and depth, David explores how:

• The mind and Spirit of Christ already dwell within us

• That truth leads to unity, humility, and sacrificial love

• The gospel is not just something to believe or feel, but something to live

You’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of how God’s Word transforms us from the inside out—not into better versions of ourselves, but into new creations who live and love like Jesus.

📖 Texts: John 15:12–17 & 1 Corinthians 2:16

🧭 Series: The Corinthian Complex – Confronting Confusion with Clarity

This week at Steel City Church (Pittsburgh, PA), Pastor Chris Richards continues The Corinthian Complex series by teaching from 1 Corinthians 4.

In a culture full of pride, self-sufficiency, and status-seeking—much like the church in Corinth—Paul gives a loving but direct warning. He confronts their spiritual arrogance and invites them to something better: the transformative power of Christ.

🔥 In this message, we explore how to:

• Recognize and surrender our pride

• Let Jesus reshape our patterns

• Gain a new, gospel-centered perspective

• Understand the danger of spiritual arrogance masked as success

• Respond to correction with humility, not shame

📖 This is a wake-up call from a spiritual father to a distracted, self-centered church—and it’s still relevant for us today.

How do we respond when life feels overwhelming, confusing, and painful?

In this message from Psalm 13, Tyler Abernathy walks us through the biblical practice of lament—a raw, honest way of praying that moves from pain to praise. With personal stories, cultural insights, and spiritual depth, this sermon invites you to engage with suffering rather than avoid it.

💬 Tyler unpacks:

• The reality that life is hard—and it’s supposed to be

• How lament invites us to turn to God, bring our complaints, ask boldly for help, and choose to trust

• Why lament isn’t just for the brokenhearted—it’s for everyone

• How God meets us in our pain and leads us toward healing

📖 Whether you’re currently struggling or walking with someone who is, this message is a healing invitation to experience God as the One who sees, hears, and holds you.

This week at Steel City Church (Pittsburgh, PA), Pastor Chris Richards continues our series The Corinthian Complex with a powerful message from 1 Corinthians 3:

Are you mature? Are you attentive? Are you deceived?

Through vivid illustrations, cultural reflection, and deep biblical teaching, we’re invited to evaluate what foundation we’re building on—and whether we’re relying on God’s wisdom or the world’s. Chris unpacks the spiritual dangers of cultural narratives like the “sovereign self,” absolute freedom, and self-authored morality, and shows how only God’s loving boundaries provide true clarity and freedom.

We’re reminded:

• Growth comes from God, not people.

• The foundation is Christ.

• The mature build with godly wisdom.

• Our identity is rooted in being made in God’s image—not self-creation.

🔍 Explore how the Spirit works in us, how the church is God’s temple, and how deception in our culture leads to disunity unless we’re rooted in the gospel.

This message, preached at Steel City Church in Pittsburgh, PA on February 16, 2025, dives deep into 1 Corinthians 2 as we continue our Corinthian Complex series.

Pastor David explores the contrast between worldly wisdom and the upside-down wisdom of God, showing how true understanding comes only through the Holy Spirit. From Paul’s bold message to Corinth to our own struggles with control and clarity, this sermon invites us into humility, unity, and the transformative mind of Christ.

💡 Key themes include:

• The limits of human wisdom

• Receiving spiritual understanding through the Holy Spirit

• What it means to have the mind of Christ

• Learning to see God’s perspective in difficulty

• How godly wisdom leads to unity and humility in the church

🙏 Join us as we’re reminded that we can’t know God on our own—but He graciously gives us His Spirit so we can.

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Here’s 3 things that I want to point out that can be found in the passage above

1. God wants you to be near to Him AT. ALL. TIMES.

2. God is near and will always be near to us even in the darkest times in or most trying times in our lives.

3.God will never despise us and will always care for and protect us.

God loves you and has an amazing plan for your life, even if you feel like you can’t make it to the finish line God still loves you and is there for you.

Thank you, God, that your love and grace actually do go that far. Thank you that You were actually willing to take an my sin and shame and love me as I am. I stand amazed and humbled by Your love today.

In his sermon, Jacob Creighton begins with a reflective exercise, asking the congregation to complete the statement: “I would be truly happy if _______.” This prompts attendees to consider their personal desires for happiness and how quickly those desires can shift.

In this sermon, Zakk Roberts begins with a prayer, expressing gratitude for the significance of baptism and the importance of community within the church. He reflects on the journey of their church and celebrates the milestones achieved, noting the highs and lows faced by the congregation.