We begin our study in the book of 1 Corinthians. Though it was written to a church just under two thousand years ago, the problems that were outside the church and the problems that were inside the church correlate in many ways to the problems that we face as the church in the US today….
Last time we looked at an overview of this letter to the Corinthians. We settled on a topic, an idea, that permeates the who letter, namely, unity in the church. Paul gives this as his reason for writing because he had heard there were divisions in the church at Corinth. And so he writes to…
Tonight we pick up Paul’s argument that he had started back in chapter 8. Remember what he said now concerning food offered to idols. So Paul is answering some questions that the Corinthians had about food and idols and how the Christian ought to behave concerning that. He talked about how some had a problem…