by Justin Marple | Jun 16, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 14:33b-40 brings the fourth essay of 1 Corinthians to an end. It has two basic parts the first part regards women (primarily married women are in view) being silent in the church and the second part gives us Paul’s personal appeal and a summary of the...
by Justin Marple | Jun 9, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 14:26-33a shows us that there is a need for order in worship. Paul has been saying all along in this essay that we are to keep the law of love in church. So you might say that freedom, a major topic of this essay, requires law and order. We know this to be...
by Justin Marple | May 19, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 14:1-25 show us how prophecy was a greater Spiritual gift than a spectacular gift for speaking in tongues. Today neither of these gifts continue, but we are still called to desire Spiritual gifts, especially ones that we can share with others. In fact, we can...
by Justin Marple | May 12, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
A favorite passage of many mothers and a common passage choice for weddings, 1 Cor 12:31-13:13 is actually written for a much broader concern. This hymn to love is written in the context of a discussion about Spiritual gifts. Each and every Christian has a Spiritual...
by Justin Marple | May 5, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 12:1-30 concerns Spiritual gifts. Not everyone is an apostle or a prophet or a teacher or a healer, etc. Each of the lists of Spiritual gifts in the passage are different because they are not exhaustive — there are many more. In fact, most of those...
by Justin Marple | Apr 28, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 11:17-34 tells us one major way that the Lord’s Supper is different from other meals. It tells us the problems at Corinth regarding the Lord’s Supper before and after the central piece — the Christian tradition regarding the order of worship...
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