There's something we need to see from chapter 13 - something that transcends even the solution to the problems brought up in chapters 11-12. Love. Love is vitally important to Christians. It should govern our relationships with everyone in the body-especially those with whom we strongly disagree....

When spiritual gifts are used incorrectly, the results are disastrous. You have divisions. You have strife. You have jealousy. A worship service can turn into a circus. The Spirit of God does not give gifts so that you can do sensational things and get plenty of public attention. The purpose of gifts is simple. They are to be used for the common good. ...

There's a right way and a wrong way to behave at the table. Some of the folks in the church at Corinth had terrible table manners. Church services were a lot different in those days-much more informal. They met in homes. A large house could accommodate 30, 40, or maybe 50 people. Instead of using their after church potlucks as a way to build community, they used the L...

Even though communion is a regular part of every worship service, I'm not sure we fully understand why we take communion. We just know we're supposed to pass a tray of Welch's around and stare at the floor in silence to please God. Communion is often taken in a somber mood of dismal introspection as we focus on the death of Christ....

We can't be all things to all people. We can't provide programs for every conceivable need. But one thing we can and must do is this. We can share the gospel. Advancing the gospel must be the motivation for everything we do....

So, what do you do when you are confronted with the unexpected? What do you do when your plans don't work out? How do you handle circumstances that are beyond your control? Most all of us have had to handle the unexpected...

Genealogy was of extreme importance to the Jews. I'll explain in more detail on Sunday. But for now there's something of tremendous significance. In Jesus' genealogy we find some surprises. In particular is one girl,Rahab, who was especially naughty. But she found grace in the eyes of God. ...

When our Lord Jesus returns there will be no such thing as time. At the second advent of Christ He will stop all the clocks and calendars and, once again, there will be only Eternity. That event will happen right on time. But the first advent was right on time, too. ...

Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's moral. Just because the government accepts it doesn't mean God accepts it. That's essentially what Paul has to say about it....

Most of us know a little bit about the Protestant Reformation, but relatively few of us seem to understand either the evils from which the Reformation delivered us or the blessings which the Reformation won for us....