1) God shakes up our foundations because he loves us. 2) God shakes up our foundations because he wants us to build the right foundation with the right attitude 10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one […]
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1 Cor 3:10-17, Sermon on 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11 (pt 2 of 3)
Why does God shake up our foundations? Two reasons: 1) God shakes up our foundations because he loves us 2) God shakes up our foundations because he wants us to build the right foundation with the right attitude 9/11 – like I said, we were there in NYC when it happened. Jackie and I were […]
1 Cor 3:10-17, Sermon on 10 Year Anniversary of 9/11 (pt 1 of 3)
It’s the 10 year anniversary of 9/11. I want to bring a two-part series from 1 Cor 3:10-17 in light of 9/11. I don’t know why all of my messages are now becoming two-part series. You may accuse me of laziness and that might be partly true. But let me just say, I always intend […]
1 Cor 3:1-9 – Message Series 2 of 2: The Cross is the Paradigm for Christian Life and Ministry (pt4 of 4)
3) The cross shapes our ministry How does the cross shape our ministry? In a phrase, the cross shapes us into servant leaders. This is completely antithetical to our concept of leader. When we think of a leader, we think of someone like Steve Jobs, who retired this past week, someone who comes out in […]
1 Cor 3:1-9 – Message Series 2 of 2: The Cross is the Paradigm for Christian Life and Ministry (pt3 of 4)
2) The cross shapes our relationships The symptoms of spiritual sickness at this church were jealousy and quarreling. This is related to the first point about our new identity in Christ because underlying the in-fighting was a skewed self-identity. If you recall from the first few chapters of 1 Corinthians, this issue of division stems […]
1 Cor 3:1-9 – Message Series 2 of 2: The Cross is the Paradigm for Christian Life and Ministry (pt2 of 4)
1) The cross shapes our identity How does the cross shape your identity? Let’s review what we are saved from and what we are saved into. In other words, what does the cross or the gospel accomplish in a believer’s life? In a nutshell, we are a new creation.