July 17, 2015
- Pastor Shawn
- 1 Corinthians
- apollos
- apostle
- Bible
- book
- christian
- church
- Corinth
- corinthian
- correction
- division
- Epistle
- God
- Gospel
- grace
- hands
- held
- holy
- hope
- immorality
- Jesus
- kept
- leader
- Letter
- love
- mercy
- Paul
- peace
- peter
- Salvation
- spirit
- unity
Today we begin our study in 1 Corinthians, a letter in which Paul confronts a young church with many problems. The Corinthian church had class problems, arguments over style, infighting lawsuits, and unconfronted immorality. The church at Corinth was full of problems, and its into this situation that the Apostle Paul wrote this letter. But, if we are to be honest, the church in Corinth doesn’t sound too far off from what we see going on in many churches today. But it’s not just the corporate church … worldliness finds it’s way into individual Christians, too. And so, this letter has direct application for today’s Christian in today’s world and for today’s church.