Kelvin Jarrett spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 - while idol feasts seem innocent to the Corinthians Paul uses the Lord’s Supper to show how a meal can be more than a meal.  We must flee from anything that draws our worship away from Jesus and him alone.
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Therefore, my dear friends, flee from [...]

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Matt Simpson spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 where we heard how Paul used examples from Israel’s history to show how people who trust in outwards things fall under God’s judgment. His call is to respond to God’s faithfulness from the heart and so to truly turn from idols and sin.
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So, if you [...]

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Peter Yock spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 where we saw that Paul changed himself in whatever way necessary to help win people to salvation in Jesus.
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To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save [...]

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Ryan Dehnert spoke to us from 1 Corinthians 9:1-18 about how Paul laid aside his right to financial support from the Corinthians to serve as a powerful example of what he is calling them (& us) to do: to always be willing to lay down our rights for the sake of the gospel.
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If others [...]

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In this Bible Talk from 1 Corinthians chapter 8 Pete Thompson begins to explore Christian Freedom. As Christians we have great freedom but this freedom must be used in love, not merely for our own benefit but for the building up of others. This also marks the beginning of this series and Term 3, 2008.
Now [...]

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“All I am is yours.” It’s a big thing to say. “Everything I am, everything I have, every single thing about me - it’s all yours.”
Sounds costly, doesn’t it? But - if you’re a Christian - it’s true. Everything about you belongs to Jesus: “You are not your own; you were bought at a price. [...]

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In this bible talk from 1 Corinthians 6:12-20 we see more “Corinth in the church” rather than “the church of God in Corinth” (1:2). Last week it was the legal realm, this week the sexual realm. But the common factor in it all is serving self rather then Jesus. The Corinthians’ favorite slogan is “everything [...]

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