1Co.09-5

Selfishness can poison the church. We’ve already seen how it damaged the church in Corinth outside of their corporate worship. But this week we also realized how their selfishness ruined their worship time together. We can fall into the same trap as the Corinthians....

1Co.09-4

Have you ever experienced the feeling when everyone in the room is on the same page? Maybe it was a meeting at work when every team member got on board with a new project. Or maybe it was the thrill of a concert when the entire audience sang along. Or even when...

1Co.09-3

The church is diverse. People who follow Jesus come from all kinds of upbringings, social classes, ethnicities, countries, and cultures. The local church is also diverse—everyone comes from a different neighborhood, career, or income bracket. Our differences shouldn’t...

1Co.09-2

As we talked about yesterday, chapter 11 is all about orderliness in corporate worship. Another way to put it is, “How to live selflessly in the context of a worship service.” The key is to set aside selfishness for the sake of the other people in the congregation—and...

1Co.09-1

So far in our journey through 1 Corinthians, we’ve looked at a lot of the external issues in the church. They were dealing with division over leadership, sexual ethics, and food. For the first time studying this letter, we’ll peek into the Corinthians’ actual worship...

1Co.08-5

We’ve talked a lot about our rights in this session. It’s not normal to give them up. But we surrender them because we follow a savior who did it first. The reasons he chose selflessness are the same for us. And that’s what we’ll look at today. Open up your Bible and...