I Corinthians

It would be hard to make up a church that had more issues in it than the church of first century Corinth. In I Corinthians Paul addresses topics like church divisions, lawsuits, sexual deviency, divorce, spiritual arrogance, idolaty, marriage issues, drunkenness at communion and the misunderstanding of the resurrection of Jesus, among others. One, or perhaps two, of those issues would cause anyone to question the health of a church. And yet, Paul never fails to highlight the evidence of God’s grace in the Corinthian Church while never hesitating to call out its sin and waywardness.

In this year-long – or more – series we are going to walk verse by verse through this great letter. Over that time we are going to address a variety of relevant, and sometimes very controversial subjects, while also being reminded of the grace of God in the midst of their imperfection and ours. The church of Corinth was far from perfect but it was a church that testified to the glorious and finished work of Jesus at the same time.