Good Work: Organising Work March 30, 2025 Tim Adeney Love, Belonging to Christ, Work, The Fall, Good Work, Working together Genesis 11:1-9 Romans 12:3-8 1 Corinthians 16:1-4 Organising? The Good of Working together Work enabling work When work is enabled The Peril of Working Together The peril of achieving good work The peril of abandoning good work Organising Love
“You are not your own” Six reminders about sin, holiness, and being the people of God March 9, 2025 David Starling Belonging to Christ, Body of Christ, Honour God, Judgement & Restoration, Community 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 5-6 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
Reframing Leadership in Light of God’s Judgement February 23, 2025 David Starling Wisdom, Idolatry, Belonging to Christ, Co-workers in Christ, Servanthood 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 3:1-23 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