Empty Your Pockets First
You'll see how easy it is to carry the world's habit of ranking people straight into church, and why the Lord's Supper is the one practice designed to strip all of that away.
Series
Letter to a Church: Lessons from 1 Corinthians
7 sermons in this series.
Rights Versus Relationships
You'll hear why being theologically correct can still damage the people around you, and how Paul's ancient argument about meat sacrificed to idols draws a clear line between using knowledge as a weapon and using it as a gift.
Your Body Actually Matters
You'll hear why the Christian view of the body is far more physical and specific than most people assume, and what it means that your body is called a temple of the Holy Spirit rather than just a temporary shell for your soul.
Discipline That Aims at Rescue
You'll hear why Paul's harshest command in 1 Corinthians 5 is actually an act of care, and what it means for how the church handles sin that damages both people and its witness to the world.
Wisdom That Actually Delivers
You'll see why the most persuasive voices in history sometimes caused the most damage, and what that means for how you trust what you think you know.
Free to Be Nobody
You'll hear how the apostle Paul's admission of weakness and plain speech was actually a form of freedom, and what it might look like to stop needing other people's approval before you can act, speak, or believe openly.
When the Gospel Looks Foolish
You'll hear why the cross looked like failure to the ancient world, and why that same offense still exposes the hidden assumptions you bring into your faith.