by Justin Marple | Jun 2, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Heavy Questions, SERMONS
Psalm 131 is brief and yet profound. We come to the text knowing that there are overwhelming crises in each of our lives and David shows us what he learned to do in response to such crises. And he certainly had more than his share of such things. It is common for...
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...
by Justin Marple | Apr 21, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 is a passage that most Christians in America today do not know how to handle. The instinctive answer to the question, “Does God care about the length of our hair and such?” is No! The truth is that God does care about our hair and...
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