The Present Crisis and the Shortened Time May 4, 2025 David Starling Singleness, Marriage, Reality, Contentment 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 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
“There remain with God” Sex, Marriage and Counter-cultural Contentment April 27, 2025 David Starling Marriage, satisfaction, Contentment, Singleness 1 Corinthians 1 Corinthians 7:1-24 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)