by ray | Oct 11, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Okay, so that my long intro for what I really want to cover this morning. Paul says in v16, imitate me because I am your father in Christ. When it comes to discipleship, there are 2 extremes we should avoid. We should avoid–be just like me because I am your...
by ray | Oct 11, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Starting in v8, Paul juxtaposes the theology of self-glory and the theology of the cross so that we can see how diametrically they are opposed one from the other. Obviously, he is placing the Corinthian leadership in the wisdom of the world/theology of self-glory camp...
by ray | Oct 11, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Read 1 Cor 4:1-17 Today, I want to talk about leadership. Paul says in v16, imitate me because I am your father in Christ. And I want to answer the question, why should we imitate him? Who should we imitate today? What qualities should we look for? First of all, who...
by ray | Oct 3, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
v22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Death, the present, the future–I want to group those last three together because I think they are related. Let me read from Matt 6:31-33. Matt 6:31-33 – 31 So...
by ray | Oct 3, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
2) What is the wisdom of God? We have been talking about this for the past few months. It’s the cross. It’s Jesus and him crucified. The gospel. The Son of God became a man and lived at a particular point in human history during the first century as a Jewish Rabbi and...
by ray | Oct 3, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
Last week, Brother Daniel said something that I have been thinking about. He said that when we look at life, we know that things are not supposed to be the way they are. When we look at a loved one dying of cancer, we know that things are not supposed to be like this....
