First Corinthians in Bite-sized Portions

Last Lord’s Day I began working through 1 Corinthians. Here is the path we hope to trod over the next year or so.
Purpose statement:
•    A correction of relational, sexual, ecclesiastical, and theological problems that all churches might face

1.    Acts 18:1-11    God saves people with problems.
2.    1:1-9    What to say before a rebuke
3.    1:10-16    Politics in the church
4.    1:17-25    An intellectual battle
5.    1:26-31    God chooses unlikely things
6.    2:1-5    Solus Christus in the pulpit
7.    2:6-16    Total inability
8.    3:1-4    Carnal Christians
9.    3:5-9    Christianity as farming
10.    3:10-15    Building for a reward
11.    3:16-23    NT temples
12.    4:1-5    Faithfulness is success
13.    4:6-13    The logic of humility
14.    4:14-17    Paul, our pattern
15.    4:18-21    A strict father
16.    5:1-8    Retribution is a Christian doctrine
17.    5:9-13    Separating from Christian sinners
18.    6:1-8    Better to lose
19.    6:9-20    Control your desires
20.    7:1-9    Marriage is good
21.    7:10-16    Can Christians divorce?
22.    7:17-24    Romantically content
23.    7:25-38    Focused relationships
24.    7:39-40    Bound until death
25.    8:1-13    When it is sin to eat
26.    9:1-7    Refusing privilege
27.    9:8-14    Pay the pastor
28.    9:19-23    All things to all men
29.    9:24-27    Christian athletes
30.    10:1-11    What to do with the OT
31.    10:12-13    Resisting attack
32.    10:14-22    Separation from sin
33.    10:23-30    A Christian conscience
34.    10:31-33    God-glorifying evangelism
35.    11:1-16    Women in worship
36.    11:17-34    The gospel in food
37.    12:1-11    Everyone has a gift
38.    12:12-26    Working together
39.    12:27-31    Coveting the best gifts
40.    13:1-3    Love vs. all other religious activity
41.    13:4-7    What is love?
42.    13:8-13    Love will never end
43.    14:1-19    Speaking in tongues
44.    14:20-40    The rules for tongues
45.    15:1-11    The message that drove Paul
46.    15:12-19    Why the Resurrection matters
47.    15:20-28    The resurrection made a King
48.    15:29-34    Applying the resurrection
49.    15:35-53    Our new bodies
50.    15:54-58    Why we should persevere
51.    16:1-4    How Christians give
52.    16:5-24    How Paul says goodbye
53.    1-16    A problem church’s hope

Once when I was a student, I recall seeing a church sign for “First Corinthian Baptist Church.” I don’t think I’ll be renaming our church, but as I read the letter I am growing to respect its wisdom and love its Author.

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