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Marriage slide here Design Slide Here The Big Idea: Relationships are not about you. Married Folks: Pest Control Needed. 15 Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.” Single Folks: Don’t Wake the Bear 5 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,…

Speak Life 1 Behold, you are beautiful, my love, behold, you are beautiful! Your eyes are doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats leaping down the slopes of Gilead. 7 You are altogether beautiful, my love; there is no flaw in you. 9 What is your beloved more than another beloved, O…

What is the bases for our conduct? 4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge— 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you— 7 so that you are not…

Time to answer questions Paul was now making a shift from what he heard, to what he read. He in our passage this morning is going to address some questions asked in writing of him. Corinthians wrote to Paul inquiring on various topics Marriage (1Cor7:1-40) As we look at our passage over the next couple…

State: The three directives we have been given so far about dealing with hardship, struggle or opposition are: 1) Ask God to reveal any thing that you need to cast off and no longer be associated with: People Activities 2) Deal with any active sin, unconfessed sin, unforgiveness (be working on it) 3)…

Introduction Chapter 6 ends the first section of the book of 1 Corinthians. The problem in the Corinthian church was a lack of unity. In order to address this problem Paul spends the first 6 chapters detailing what they need to believe (doctrine) and how they need to behave (practice). He has laid the…

Exegetical Point: John the Baptist must give way to Jesus the Christ. Receive Jesus for Life, reject him for wrath. Homiletic Point: As above. Intro This passage is probably not somewhere that we tend to camp. We love to dwell on the truths of the first half of chapter 3, and the compelling story of…

Introduction We are starting a series titled Guard Rails. We all know what Guardrails are… we have them on many of our roads and all of our bridges. How many of you would drive across the Huey P Long Bridge if it didn’t have any guard rails? The official definition if a guard rail is… Guardrails: System…

Introduction The prevailing message in our culture is that your thoughts, feelings, and desires are more important than anything else. If you want something, you should have it. If there is something that offends or frustrates you, it should not exist. The message we are receiving over and over and over…

Our society would have us believe that Biblical notions of sex and sexuality are antiquated ideas with no place in the modern world. Yet, when Scripture is obeyed sex and sexuality brings joy and fulfillment just as God intended.

Intro Kathy and I on a Safari in the When you go they tell you to do things you don’t like… don’t open the windows… keep your body parts inside… a lion can get to you before you can close the door or roll the window up. Swamp Tour - Keep your hands inside the boat… what could possibly happen in the swamp?…

This night is a really important night. If you remember when we started this series, I said we were going to be talking about a three-letter word: SEX sex. Now, like I said in our first week, I know some of you giggled uncomfortable rolled your eyes paid attention All of those responses I just outlined…

36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one…

Introduction In Chapter 1:1-9 this church ++Had recieved God’s grace ++Was enriched with all knowledge ++Was not lacking in any gift Paul address 5 issues in this church Issues ++Division - Chapters 1-4 ++Sex - Chapters 5-7 ++Food - Chapters 8-10 ++The Gathering-Chapter 11-14 ++Resurrection/Final Greeting…

The Greek word that is used in Romans 12:8 to designate the seventh Motivational Gift is “eleeo.” The King James Version translated, “to show mercy.” It is defined by Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance, as, “to have compassion – by word or deed – specifically, obtain, receive, or show, by Divine grace.”…

Is God a Cosmic Kill-Joy? Sojourners and Exiles life before Christ/ new life in Christ, ambassadors Define Sojourner Define Exile -what of this world have you lost for the sake of Christ? I am an exile, a sojourner A citizen of some other place All I've seen is just a glimmer in a shadowy mirror But…

The Truth Behind Valentine’s Day Announcements The Truth Behind Valentine’s Day Prayer What do you think about when you think of Valentine’s Day? INSERT IMAGES - HEART, CUPID. The Players Cupid, Zeus, Venus, Saint Valentine, Lupercus, Cupid - sexual love, not born but referred to as child of Venus &…

1 Corinthians 6:1–11 (NIV) 1 If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial…

Welcome… Introduce self We will be looking at 2 texts today, both in Matthew: “It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever…

Introduction Summarize: Context of v11-22: The unity of the corporate body of the Church v11-13 all are brought near through the blood of Christ and not by any effort of man. Exposition 11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the…

Introduce self... Pray... Heavenly father, I praise you that you are great. I praise you that you were before all things and that by you all things hold together. Thank you for coming down from heaven in likeness of sinful men, to make a way for rebels like me to return to you. I confess that I fall…

Announcements: Council Meeting tomorrow Wednesday - Water sports Pray: Donnie Taylor Dan and Jennifer Winn Nick and Raegan McVay Intro: We are in our third week of a Series I am calling Heart Conditions. We are, together, looking at the different conditions, issues, irregularities in our hearts that…

Life in the Big City The City of Corinth ++A place of trade and commerce ++Had a reputation It’s reputation was marked by ++Sexual Immorality ++Corruption ++Religious diversity There was something for everyone Paul planted a church in Corinth 1 After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. 2 And he…

Today, the Passover season comes to a close. What a wonderful week of remembering what Christ has done for us. It has been a time of bringing gifts to the Lord and drawing near to Him. What we started last Friday by observing Good Friday, we end today remembering that He is risen indeed! John 11:25 (CSB)…

How should Christians think about these things. Introduction If you had told me thirty years ago that the issue of my day as a 45 year old man would be that we as a collective culture can't define what a man or a woman is, I would not have believed you. If you had told me that we would have major medical…