- An invitation…
- The Corinthian argument: Knowledge and Freedom
- Paul’s response: Love, Conscience, and the Death of Jesus
- What does this look like for us?
To see the gospel bear fruit in the Inner West and the World as we commit, grow, engage and send.
Sermons by David Starling
- Introduction
- ‘There remain with God’ (v24)
- ‘The present crisis’ (v26)
- ‘The time is short…from now on’ (v29)
- Reasons to stay single (v32-35)
- Decisions for the betrothed and the widowed (v36-40)
- Conclusions
- Love in an age of manufactured discontent
- Particular issues…
- For the married: sex or celibacy? (v1-7)
- For widows and the unmarried: to (re)marry or not to (re)marry? (v8-9)
- For those married to a fellow believer: to stay together or to separate? (v10-11)
- For those married to an unbeliever: to stay or to leave? and if your partner leaves?
- General Principles…
- Accepting God’s gifts (v7, 17, 21)
- Keeping God’s commandments (v10, 19)
- Responding to God’s call (v17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24)
- Living in God’s freedom (v23)
- A scandal in suburbia
- Two scandals in Corinth
- A man and his step-father (5:1-13)
- Predatory lawsuits (6:1-11)
- “Do you not know” Six things the Corinthians had forgotten
- “Don’t you know that a little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough?” (5:6)
- “Do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world?” (6:2, cf. v3)
- “Do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God?” (6:9)
- “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ himself?” (6:15)
- “Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body?” (6:16)
- “Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit?” (6:19)
- You are not your own
- Why care about leadership?
- The Corinthians and their leaders
- Boasting (v 6-7, 18)
- Judging (v 3-5)
- What are leaders?
- Servants (v 1-5)
- Slaves and fools (v 8-13)
- Examples to imitate (v 14-21)
- Polls, Popularity and Power
- Leadership in Corinth (3:1-4)
- Reframing leaders (3:5-9)
- Reframing leadership (3:10-17)
- Careful work (3:10-15)
- Sacred work (3:16-17)
- Final warnings and reminders
- Boasting and wisdom
- Boasting and belonging
- Alexamenos worships his God
- The Wisdom of God (1:18-31)
- Foolishness…and power (1:18)
- God and the ‘Wise’ (1:19-25; cf. Isaiah 29:10-20)
- God and the ‘Foolish’ (1:26-31)
- Therefore we speak…(2:1-16)
- …not with human wisdom (2:1-5)
- …but with the wisdom revealed by the Spirit (2:6-16)
- Alexamenos fidelis
- Something Old, Something New
- Gospel-shaped Church (1:1-17)
- A holy community (1:1-3)
- A located community (1:2a)
- A catholic community (1:2b)
- A graced community (1:4-9)
- A unified community (1:10-17)
- Gospel-shaped Ministry (1:17-31)
- Time, opportunity and Mission of the Gospel
- Greetings (v7-18)
- Prayer (v2-4)
- Wisdom (v5-7)
- Wives and Husbands (3:18-19)
- Children and Fathers (3:20-21)
- Slaves and Masters (3:22-4:1)
- Ordinary life and Lordship of Christ