Teaching on 1 Corinthians

In today’s text, Paul makes what seems to be a very harsh statement when he says, “If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed.” But in that statement, he wasn’t cursing the lost, he was just simply giving them a prophetic warning of their state without Jesus Christ. We know…

Sir Walter Raleigh’s closing words in his work, History of the World, clearly portray what seems to be death’s victory over men: It is therefore death alone that can make any man suddenly know himself. Death tells the proud and insolent that they are but subjects, and humbles them in an instant. He makes them cry, complain, and repent. Yes, even to hate their forepasssed…

Tony Evans tells the story of a little boy who tripped and his left hand fell into the mud. His mom told him to go inside and clean his dirty hand. He came back out a few minutes later and he had two dirty hands. His mother scolded him saying, “I thought I told you to clean your dirty hand!” The…

Thomas Jefferson was one of the greatest presidents in the history of our country. He called himself a Christian, but he could not accept the supernatural elements of the Scriptures, especially the resurrection. He edited his own special version of the Bible in which he deleted all references to…

When we think of the saints we think of the New Orleans Saints or the great saints of old like Saint Peter and Saint Augustine. The Mormons even refer to themselves as the Church of the Latter Day Saints. But did you know that the real saints are not a football team, or super Christians from…

If we look honestly in our text at how Paul prescribed the order of worship for the Church at Corinth, it should cause us to question just how we do church today in the 21st Century. John Calvin in his time realized that the church had strayed from her original way of operating and had returned to…

While still a young man, Benjamin Franklin wrote the following epitaph for himself: “Here lies the body of Benjamin Franklin, like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, stripped of its lettering and gilding, food for worms. But its work shall not be lost; for it will once more appear in…

This week Paul is going to talk about prophesy as one of the most important gifts; that’s because it is used to build up the church. The following little poem makes the point about the importance of edification: A Builder Or a Wrecker As I watched them tear a building down A gang of men in a busy…

There’s a Peanuts cartoon that shows Lucy standing with her arms folded and a stern expression on her face. Charlie Brown pleads, “Lucy, you must be more loving. This world really needs love. You have to let yourself love to make this world a better place.” Lucy angrily whirls around and knocks…