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.
