1 Corinthians

The World in the Church

Or, Paul’s Letter to a People with Problems in Corinth

1 Corinthians

Identity Givens

Or, Paul’s Greeting to and Gratitude for the Church in Corinth

1 Corinthians 1:1-9

Favorite Factions

Or, Paul’s Greeting to and Gratitude for the Church in Corinth

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

A Crucified Christ

Or, The Perfect Offense to All Human Pretense

1 Corinthians 1:18-25

Consider Your Calling

Or, Boasting Like a Nobody

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Only One Star

Or, Preaching Christ for Faith by Faith

1 Corinthians 2:1-5

Little Did They Know

Or, The World-Upsetting, Glory-Making, Mind-Bending, Freely-Given Wisdom of God

1 Corinthians 2:6-13

To Misjudge Is Human

Or, The Power of a Spiritual Starting Point

1 Corinthians 2:14-16

All Too Human

Or, The Character of Carnal Christians

1 Corinthians 3:1-4

God Gives Growth

Or, The Lord of the Harvest and His Laborers

1 Corinthians 3:5-9

Showing Your Work

Or, Building That Passes the Fire Code

1 Corinthians 3:10-17

All Are Yours

Or, Two Traps of This Age

1 Corinthians 3:18-23

Servants and Stewards

Or, How to Evaluate Gospel Preachers

1 Corinthians 4:1-5

Rubbish Theater

Or, Who Died and Made You Kings?

1 Corinthians 4:6-13

Follow the Patriarchy

Or, How to Avoid an Apostolic Spanking

1 Corinthians 4:14-21

Unholy Tolerance

Or, Church Discipline and the Inescapability of Destruction

1 Corinthians 5:1-5

The Unleavened Imperative

Or, Separation from So-Called Brothers

1 Corinthians 5:6-13

Losing a Brother

Or, When the Church Can No Longer Affirm an Insider’s Forgiveness

Selected Scriptures

Grasping Disputes

Or, What’s the Matter with Christians?

1 Corinthians 6:1-8

Inconsistent Testimony

Or, So Much for Such Were Some of You

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

You Are Not Your Own (Pt 1)

Or, Glorify God with Your Heart and Parts

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

You Are Not Your Own (Pt 2)

Or, Glorify God with Your Heart and Parts

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

You Are Not Your Own (Pt 3)

Or, Glorify God with Your Heart and Parts

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

Against Abstinence

Or, The Goodness of the Marriage Bed

1 Corinthians 7:1-5

The Ideal State

Or, Reluctance Is Not a Gift from God

1 Corinthians 7:6-11

The Weight of Consent

Or, God’s Will for Mixed Marriages and Divorce (and Remarriage?)

1 Corinthians 7:12-16

A Better Calling

Or, How Salvation Transposes Our Earthly Callings

1 Corinthians 7:17-24

The Present Distress (Pt 1)

Or, Marriage: A Mess Worth Avoiding?

1 Corinthians 7:25-31

The Present Distress (Pt 2)

Or, Marriage: A Mess Worth Avoiding?

1 Corinthians 7:32-40

So-called Snobbery

Or, A Primer on the God of Food

1 Corinthians 8:1-6

Conscientious Consumers

Or, How to Eat Right

1 Corinthians 8:7-13

Living by the Gospel

Or, The Rhetoric of Refraining from Using Your Rights

1 Corinthians 9:1-13

For the Sake of the Gospel

Or, Free to Win by All Means

1 Corinthians 9:15-23

Run to Win

Or, Three Ways to Lose the Race

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Temptation Types (Pt 1)

Or, Dangerous Lusts of the Blessed

1 Corinthians 10:1-10

Temptation Types (Pt 2)

Or, Dangerous Lusts of the Blessed

1 Corinthians 10:11-13

Competing Communions

Or, The Two Types of Participation Tables

1 Corinthians 10:14-22

All the Good Things

Or, Raising the Right Questions

1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1

Relational Worship (Pt 1)

Or, The Glory of Heads, Hoods, and Hairdos

1 Corinthians 11:2-3

Relational Worship (Pt 2)

Or, The Glory of Heads, Hoods, and Hairdos

1 Corinthians 11:4-10

Relational Worship (Pt 3)

Or, The Glory of Heads, Hoods, and Hairdos

1 Corinthians 11:11-16

Come Together

Or, More Harm, and Good, at the Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 11:17-22

Do This in Remembrance of Me

Or, When Supper Is a Sermon

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

An Unworthy Manner

Or, Dangers and Doubts at the Lord’s Supper

1 Corinthians 11:27-34

The Lord of the Gifts

Or, The Whence and Whither of One’s Spiritual Status

1 Corinthians 12:1-6

For the Common Good

Or, The Manifestation of One and the Same Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:7-11

Belonging to the Body

Or, Reminders to the Discontent Members

1 Corinthians 12:12-20

You Are the Body of Christ

Or, Reminders to the Uppity Members

1 Corinthians 12:21-31

Be Excellent to Each Other

Or, What's Love Got to Do with It?

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Above All, Love

Or, The Aim of Our Charge

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Always Christmas

Or, The Cardinal and Cosmic Greatness of Love

1 Corinthians 13:8-13

A Building to Covet

Or, The Distinctive Note of Congregational Worship

1 Corinthians 14:1-12

Can I Get an Amen?

Or, The Best Five Word Review

1 Corinthians 14:13-25

Hold Your Tongue (Pt 1)

Or, Ways That Worship Gets Out of Order

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Hold Your Tongue (Pt 2)

Or, Ways That Worship Gets Out of Order

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Message Drift

Or, Reminders to Hold Fast to the Gospel

1 Corinthians 15:1-2

The Message

Or, Reminders of God’s Central Work in Christ

1 Corinthians 15:3-5

The Message Manifested

Or, Reminders of the Many Resurrection Witnesses

1 Corinthians 15:5-11

Resurrection Logic

Or, The Consequences If Christ Is Not Raised

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Abolishing Death

Or, The Line of Christ's Dominion

1 Corinthians 15:20-28

For Tomorrow We Die

Or, Foolish Risks and No Restraints Without the Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:29-34

The Body That Is to Be

Or, A Consideration of God’s (Re)Creative Flair

1 Corinthians 15:35-41

True and Better

Or, Sown and Raised with the Last Adam

1 Corinthians 15:42-49

Immortal Victory

Or, When Death Is Swallowed Up

1 Corinthians 15:50-57

Victory Labor

Or, A Pre-resurrection Bucket List

1 Corinthians 15:58

Blessed to Give

Or, Collection by and for the Saints

1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Behind Open Doors

Or, Who Is Helping Who?

1 Corinthians 16:5-12

Resolute Exhortations

Or, Not One Thumb's-Twitch without Love

1 Corinthians 16:13-14

Love for the Lord

Or, The Difference Between Maranatha and Anathema

1 Corinthians 16:15-24