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Baby Food Introducing new foods to a baby - move to the next when they’re ready. Milk to baby food to cereal to rice to... Teaching the Word of God is like that. The Corinthians were not ready for the next step. Main Points: The Corinthian believers are acting spiritually immature by dividing over certain…

Have you ever laid in your bed, either at night or in the morning, and wondered about your purpose for life? If you haven’t don’t worry about it. With our stage of life, I normally fall asleep right away and then wake up running. However, some people take time to think about their purpose for life. Many…

Start of 3rd Missionary Trip Mission report given, time spent, now time to move on. Paul now sets out on the 3rd missionary trip and we have another conversion story before us tonight. 23 And having spent some time there , he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening…

Everyone's on a journey, so we should try to help each other

What is our job? 1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and…

What is the content of divine wisdom? How can wisdom be known? What problem did the Corinthians have regarding division?

Tug of war analogy. All pulling in the same direction. Different strengths, different places in life but we all come to the same task. By necessity we have to pall in the same direction. Church celebrity culture: celebrity pastors and watchdog critics celebrity worship leaders and deconstruction A House…

Gospel-Centered Discipleship Introduction Several years ago I had the privilege of going to England for School. This was a trip where I could earn College Credit while studying abroad. It was an absolute blessing. The trip was fully funded by family and friends. One of the courses I took was in Evangelism.…

1. Unity in the Church is from the Spirit (vv.1-4) A. Cutting away the bad spots Paul introduces for us the reality of the flesh and Spirit in the life of a believer. He is talking to the church, those whom “have been called into the fellowship of his Son (1:9). Paul is not calling into question their…

12 When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. 13 Do your best to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they lack nothing. 14 And let our people learn to devote themselves to good works, so as to help…

1 And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual people but as to carnal, as to babes in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk and not with solid food; for until now you were not able to receive it, and even now you are still not able; 3 for you are still carnal. For where there are envy, strife, and…

I. FOLLOW PAUL’S EXAMPLE 10 You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued…

God Gives the Growth 1 Corinthians 3:1–9 (ESV) 1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For…

18 So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with…

Two friends met for dinner at a seafood restaurant. Each requested filet of sole, and after a few minutes the waiter came back with their order. Two pieces of fish, a large and a small, were on the same platter. One of the men proceeded to serve his friend. Placing the small piece on a plate, he handed…

Our World's illusions of power fail as an altrnative to the true power of God.

God’s people are given a mission. The stories in Acts show us how that mission takes shape in the church; it is a mission that still takes shape in the church today.

18 So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. 19 And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with…

Seeking to Honor God Knowing Grace and God’s Strength Is It Loyalty or Is It Division It’s Not Me, It’s You! The Secret Ingredient for Wisdom Working So That God is Honored Saying “So Long” to Servant Saints Minister Dorothy Smith Rev. Pinkie Foley Saints through Sanctification Servants through Surrender…

As I was growing up my dad was a strong man. As a fireman, he worked out with weights and he also spent a good deal of his life at the French Riviera Spa ( a local gym in the 70-80s). He told me a story one time when he was working out at the gym and a guy near him torn his bicep muscle working out.…

My Youth Group Was Crazy My youth group was crazy. Punk rock concerts in the basement of our church. Or on the roof of my parents house. Not kidding. I tried to find a picture of that. Kids driving kids downtown to do scavenger hunts in the mall or capture the flag at the Elementary School… until the…

Learning by Example What does it mean to learn by example? Representative Paul was a representative for Christianity in what he preached but also in how he lived. The Corinthians could learn about being a Christian from both. They could learn where they are wrong by Paul’s example. Paul was an example…

Vision ‘24 1 Corinthians 3:6 “ I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. ” 1 Corinthians 3:5–6 “Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.” 1 Corinthians 3:7–9 “So then…

Our Scripture text this morning is taken from: I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe’s people that there is…