Lessons from the life of Joseph

In this passage, Paul tells the Corinthian Church that some of them are

weak, ill, and spiritually asleep (dead) because of their failure to

properly celebrate the Lord's Supper. He then explains how the Lord's

Supper can bring life. This lesson is divided into three parts: 1) Paul's

rebuke of the Church (with specifics as to what they were doing wrong), 2)

Paul's instruction on the Lord's Supper, and 3) Practicals we can glean

from the Scriptures in regards to celebrating the Lord's Supper.

1 Corinthians 11

Part 1 of this lesson tackles chapters 8 and 10, in which Paul discusses

the practice of eating food sacrificed to idols, an issue that is causing

division in the church. While sacrificing food to idols is not common in

the United States, Christians face this issue in many parts of the world.

There are also important lessons for us to learn in resolving Church

conflict. In Part 2 of this lesson, we look at two other related passages:

Acts 15 and Romans 14. In Acts 15 we are given a beautiful example of how

the Church addressed a difficult issue that could have caused significant

division among sincere believers. Instead, the conflict (and its

resolution) brought about great unity blessed by God. In Romans 14, we

learn what Paul meant (and did not mean) by "opinion matters". This passage

is often invoked by Christians in interpreting Scripture. It is important

to understand how Paul defined opinion issues so we can properly apply his

instruction to the Church today with the goal of Biblical unity.

A defining mark of men and women we find in the Bible is their understanding of God's faithfulness. Those who grasped this attribute of God lived in a way that brought God great honor and accomplished his purposes....

The story of Esther has many lessons to encourage us in times of adversity,

to inspire our faithfulness, courage, and love, and to give us hope in

God's great power to accomplish His will.  This lesson covers the entire

story of Esther, looking at the characters of Mordecai, Esther, and Haman

and what we can learn from each.

This lesson highlights wisdom from Solomon (who the Bible calls the wisest

man on earth) to give wisdom to the young, as well as to the old and wise.

What are the benefits of wisdom?  How do we get it?  Are there blessings

that come from fearing God?  How do the people we spend our time with

impact our character and how wise we can become?  Solomon provides answers

to these questions.

In this passage of Scripture, Paul warns the Corinthians of sins that can destroy one's relationship with God and disqualify Paul himself, as well as the Church, from the ultimate prize of eternal life.

In this passage, we are inspired by Paul's example to win people to Christ. Paul defends, in great detail, the rigth to be supported in the full time ministry, as well as explains why he gave up this right.

What is the greatest obstacle to helping those in need? This lesson puts meat on Jesus' command to love your neighbor as yourself.