Apr 14, 2019
Will You Build Up Others More Than Yourself?
By: Troy Burns
In today’s passage from 1 Corinthians chapter 14, we find Paul addressing the misuse of spiritual gifts in the congregational setting, particularly the gifts of tongues and prophecy. To solve this problem, Paul promoted actions that would strengthen the church rather than building up individuals. With this in mind, Troy asks the question: “Will You Build Up Others More Than Yourself?”
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- Apr 14, 2019Will You Build Up Others More Than Yourself?
Apr 14, 2019Will You Build Up Others More Than Yourself?By: Troy BurnsIn today’s passage from 1 Corinthians chapter 14, we find Paul addressing the misuse of spiritual gifts in the congregational setting, particularly the gifts of tongues and prophecy. To solve this problem, Paul promoted actions that would strengthen the church rather than building up individuals. With this in mind, Troy asks the question: “Will You Build Up Others More Than Yourself?”
- Apr 7, 2019Can Love Bring Unity in Diversity?
Apr 7, 2019Can Love Bring Unity in Diversity?By: Troy BurnsIn today's passage from 1 Corinthians, we find the early church struggling with feelings of both superiority and inferiority, based on individual gifts and abilities. This morning, Bud points out that although dealing with diversity has its challenges, it's actually a strength for us to have differences. And the key to making our differences a strength is love. The church needs everyone with their unique backgrounds and abilities if we are to reach the world for Jesus.
- Mar 31, 2019Do You Deserve to Eat the Most Important Meal?
Mar 31, 2019Do You Deserve to Eat the Most Important Meal?By: Troy BurnsIn today’s passage (1 Corinthians 11:17-34), we find the believers making the Lord’s Supper, a meal that was supposed to bring about and reflect unity, into something completely individualistic. With this in mind, Troy reminds us that when individuals in the church, who are just parts of the one body of Jesus Christ, decide to do their own thing, meet their own needs, and fulfill their own personal agendas, the church will be hurt and ineffective, and even die.
- Mar 24, 2019Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle?
Mar 24, 2019Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle?By: Troy BurnsWe’ve all had times when life was overwhelming and more than we could bear. The question is, “Does God Give You More Than You Can Handle?” The truth is: God never said He would not give you more than you can handle. 1 Corinthians 10:13 is often taken to mean that God will never give us more than we can bear. In reality, the verse teaches that God will not allow us to be tempted beyond what we can bear, and that when it comes to temptation and sin, we always have a choice: engage in sin or run from it.
- Mar 10, 2019Is Your Freedom Enslaving Someone Else?
Mar 10, 2019Is Your Freedom Enslaving Someone Else?By: Chad GothmannContinuing in our series, We Have Problems, God Has Solutions, our Youth Minister Chad asks the question, "What are you willing to do to reach someone and change his or her eternity?" Chad challenges us, as the apostle Paul did when he wrote his first letter to the church at Corinth, to get our of our comfort zones and "become all things to all people, that by all means we might save some."
- Mar 3, 2019Should You Really Do Whatever You Want?
Mar 3, 2019Should You Really Do Whatever You Want?By: Troy BurnsWill you live like God's in charge, or like you're in charge? Should you really do whatever you want? Or should you do whatever God wants? These questions will be tackled in today's message from our series through 1 Corinthians. God bought us and paid the price for us, therefore He owns us; and this is a very good thing because no one could possibly love you more than God, or care about you more than God, or know what's best for you more than God.
- Feb 24, 2019Do You Want to Win the Fight or Win the World?
Feb 24, 2019Do You Want to Win the Fight or Win the World?By: Troy BurnsLast week, we talked about living different from the world if we want to reach the world. This week, we see a practical application of this truth. In the context of lawsuits and legal battles (as recorded in 1 Corinthians chapter 6), we discover that we must live in such a way that we are trying to win the world, not to win the fight. We fight for relationship, not against relationship. Why? Because we show the world that we follow Jesus by loving each other.
- Feb 17, 2019Can You Judge a Book by its Cover?
Feb 17, 2019Can You Judge a Book by its Cover?By: Troy BurnsLive different from the world if you want to reach the world. This means that within the church, sometimes we have to judge a book by its cover. Can we do this? Actually, yes, we can, if the book is judged in light of the book (the Bible) and if the cover is the life of someone who has committed to following the Bible.
- Feb 10, 2019Is There Wisdom in Foolishness?
Feb 10, 2019Is There Wisdom in Foolishness?By: Troy BurnsBud shares with us about the "foolishness" of God and the "wisdom" of men. What we often consider to be foolish is actually wisdom in the eyes of God. For us to live by faith and trust completely in God, we must grow in our ability to follow what God says, rather than just living by conventional "wisdom."
- Feb 3, 2019Do You Really Have Everything You Need?
Feb 3, 2019Do You Really Have Everything You Need?By: Troy BurnsTo kick off our new series, We Have Problems, God Has Solutions (which will take us through the book of 1 Corinthians), Troy acknowledges that many of us feel like we’re not good enough or strong enough. We often feel unworthy or unloved. But we need to understand that the negative things we believe about ourselves are lies from Satan. We could even say that those fears are lies that are told to us. None of us is that person who grace could never change. We don’t have to live like we’re not good enough, or strong enough, or smart enough, because we have a God who is all of those things.