Merry Christmas! I can’t believe it’s already the end of the year. Didn’t this year just fly by? It felt like just yesterday when I was kneeling right there and I was being prayed over during my ordination. That was in February. My parents were here, and other family members-Chris, Carolyn, Warren, David. Today is […]
1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt4 of 4)
I close with two biblical motivations for why you should strive to free yourself from all enslavements, whether it is the fourth helping of food or to that first or second glass of wine or the twelfth cup of coffee or lust or laziness or work. First, be motivated to preserve your freedom in Christ […]
1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt3 of 4)
Second, Paul says in 6:12 — 12 Everything is permissible for me”—but I will not be mastered by anything. OR All things are lawful for me, but I will not be enslaved by anything. In other words, not only let your actions be guided by the law of love, but also let them be guided […]
1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt2 of 4)
How can we glorify God? Let’s focus our attention on 1 Cor 6:12–14. 12 “Everything is permissible for me”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me”—but I will not be mastered by anything. 13 “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food”—but God will destroy them both. The body is not meant […]
1 Cor 6:12-20 – The Lord for the Body (pt1 of 4)
Read text. I found this text to be very challenging and relevant for our congregation so I am going to spend 3 weeks on this passage. The key idea I want to focus on over the 3 weeks is found in the latter half of v13. The Lord for the Body – in a nutshell, […]
Francis Chan 2012 Speaking Schedule
Jan. 2-5, 2012 Passion Conference – Atlanta, GA Jan. 9, 2012 Communicator’s Summit – Skype Jan. 11-13, 2012 Rend Tour