More Than a Feeling: What Does Love Really Look Like?
Maybe you’ve heard or maybe you’ve said statements like this about your church: “I felt so loved in that church,” or “This church feels so loving.” I hope people say that about your church and mine,...
View ArticleA Plate Full of Faithfulness: How Food Reveals and Reforms Our Faith (1...
“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him,” is John Piper’s famous dictum fusing God’s passion to be worshiped and man’s passion to be happy. Yet, spoken into our...
View ArticleThe Church’s Place in *Framing* the Gospel (A Review of 1 Corinthians 1–10)
In 2016 our church has spent the year in 1 Corinthians, at least the first 10 chapters. As we turn our attention to the birth of Lord in just a couple weeks, we took time to review a few aspects of...
View ArticleThe Church’s Place in *Picturing* the Gospel (A Review of 1 Corinthians 1–10)
The church is more than a holding tank for Christians; it is a family portrait of God’s people. Created and sustained by the gospel, God’s local church, when it abides in the word of Christ, reflects...
View ArticleRightly Dividing the Cultural Background to 1 Corinthians 11
There are a lot of cultural challenges to 1 Corinthians 11:2–16, a passage that invites discussion about the trinity, gender roles, the use of head coverings, and the role of angels in public worship....
View ArticleUnderstanding the Spiritual Gifts: A Few Translation Notes on 1 Corinthians...
First Corinthians 12:1–11 is a glorious passage but also intensely debated. As I prepared to preach this passage on Sunday, I found that it is more than the theology that is challenging in these...
View ArticleHoly Spirit Power: The Gift, the Giver, the Goal, and the Gifts (1...
Holy Spirit Power: The Gift, the Giver, the Goal, and the Gifts (sermon audio) Despite their obvious flaws, Paul loved the church at Corinth. And in his section on spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians...
View ArticleThe Necessity and Definition of Love (1 Corinthians 13:1–8a)
Yesterday, Ben Purves, pastor for student ministries at our church, preached a tremendous message on 1 Corinthians 13. Let me encourage you to listen to his message, “The Necessity and Definition of...
View ArticleSpeech Therapy: Training Our Tongues to Build Up Others (1 Corinthians 14:1–25)
Proverbs says a soft answer turns away wrath. James 3 says that the tongue is a fire which can set a whole forest ablaze. 1 Corinthians 14 says to not forbid speaking in tongues, yet it also gives a...
View ArticleIs It Finished? Clarity and Conviction about the Miraculous Gifts (1...
Is It Finished? Clarity and Conviction about Miraculous Gifts On the cross Jesus exclaimed this glorious truth: Tetelestai! It is Finished! Our eternal security is settled by this truth. And this week...
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