50 sermons from 1 Corinthians.
Marks of a Good Discipler Note: This sermon was preached at First Free in Wichita in 1985. Introduction: Last words are important words. I don’t care if it’s the last words a coach says to his team before they take the field in the championship game, or the la
How to Handle a Scandal Introduction: I doubt if there has ever been a time since the Middle Ages when scandal has been more public, more common, or more devastating to the Church of Jesus Christ than during the past several decades. High profile individuals,
Restoring Fallen Brothers and Sisters Introduction: Last week I preached a hard-hitting message on sin in the church and the need for the church to discipline its members. I am going to speak with equal vigor today about the need for forgiveness and restoratio
Biblical Separation SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 5:9‑13, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18 Introduction: As we start a new year, I want to return today to our study of the biblical book of 1 Corinthians–a challenging treatise about a church in crisis. In the opening verses of
Suits that Don’t Fit Introduction: What is justice, true justice? We don’t see a lot of it in our society, do we? I have a saying I often laid on my sons as they were growing up, but teenagers aren’t the only ones who need to hear it: “Life isn’t fair.” And th
Your Past Doesn’t Define You Introduction: Have you known people who were prisoners of their past? Either they have done something that society or family will not let them forget, or they have done something they won’t let themselves forget, or they have suffe
Six Reasons Why Sex Outside Marriage Is Wrong SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 6:12-20 Introduction: I read recently of a wife who went to lunch with eleven other women who were taking a French course together, since their children were all in school. One rather bold woman a
Epitaph of a man of God: “He fled.” SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 6:18, Genesis 39 Introduction: I groped sleepily for the phone, wondering why the hospital would be calling my husband Bob back to work when he had just returned at midnight from a 36-hour shift. “Aunt Ann,
Sin Will Take You Further Than You Want to Go SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 6, 2 Samuel 11-12 Introduction: A Southern Gospel song I heard only once in my life, but remember clearly, goes like this: “Sin will take you further than you want to go, Slowly but wholly
We Missed the “R”! SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 7:1-7 Note: This sermon was preached at East Evangelical Free Church in Wichita in 2012. Introduction: Do you remember how we talked about the pendulum as a sad, but common, symbol of the Christian church? We used it in cha
Sex is Good! SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 7:1-9 DATE: February 25, 2001 Introduction: This week we return to our regularly scheduled study of 1 Corinthians. We will be looking at chapter 7, verses 1 through 9. Last week Pastor Mike took us through a study of David
For Better or Worse, Unless … SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 7:10-17 Introduction: The best-known futurist of our generation, Alvin Toffler, has described contemporary America as the “throw-away society.” Whereas Americans once held on to their possessions as long as possi