by Justin Marple | Sep 23, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 3:18-4:16 shows us that Paul faced a somewhat similar situation to The Hunger Games but it also shows us how differently he approached that situation. Paul’s essay ends, answering the opening component where Paul references the tradition about Jesus that...
by Justin Marple | Sep 16, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 3:5-17 uses an agricultural analogy and then seamlessly shifts to an architechural analogy. The parable of the field is that you are a field that belongs to God and Paul and Apollos are servants who work that field. The parable of the building is that you are...
by Justin Marple | Sep 9, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 2:3-3:4 includes the second half of the theological foundation Paul has written to address the problem of following personalities, forming parties, and dividing into cliques. But 1 Cor 3:1-4 is the beginning of Paul’s application of this theological...
by Justin Marple | Sep 2, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 1:10-2:2 is the part of the first essay that lays out the problem, which in a word is politics in the church, and the first part of the theological foundation on which we can build a solution. It is an essay about unity and the cross of Christ, nicely balanced...
by Justin Marple | Aug 26, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 consists of two parts (v.1-3 and 4-9) that introduce the whole of the letter and the second part also introduces the first essay. The essays all follow the same chiasmic outline of referencing the tradition you have received from Paul, then...
by Justin Marple | Aug 19, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
God says, “This is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit and trembles at my word.” We do not respect God’s word when our sacrifices and offerings are evil because they are done when our hearts are far from God. We...
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