The Gospel House

A lot of controversy surrounds the issue of speaking in tongues, but as with most controversies, if we get the core issue right, the surface things will work themselves out as the Lord intends.

In one of the most popular passages in the Bible, Paul lays out what God’s love looks like. The problem being, this passage was never meant to be applied exclusively to husbands and wives at weddings, but to the Church and spiritual gifts! So what can we learn from this passage and its curious placement?

In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul breaks down some of the spiritual gifts God has given to the Church, but yet again, the lesson goes so much deeper than just the gifts.

In 1 Corinthians 11, Paul addresses issues with head coverings on men and women, and problems the Church had in taking the Lord’s Supper. But what is the issue at the core of both of these issues?

In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul shows us how the Israelites interacted with God’s glory, and challenges us to learn a lesson from their example that changes how we walk in God’s glory.

In 1 Corinthians 9, Paul addresses the issue of whether or not those who proclaim the gospel should be compensated, but the issue the Holy Spirit draws out goes so much deeper than that.

Just because we have true knowledge, doesn’t mean we know how to walk in wisdom. And in order to talk in wisdom, there’s something we need; an anchor we need to cling to.

In chapter 7 of 1 Corinthians, Paul answers some questions he’s received from the Corinthian church on marriage, but the implications of his answers go so much deeper than what goes on between a husband and wife.

Nolan Dill brings the word, and shows Paul’s call in 1 Corinthians 6 to honor God in the body of Christ, the Church, as well as in our individual bodies, the temple of the Holy Spirit.

In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul uses an illustration that goes all the way back to Exodus when the Israelites are still in Egypt preparing for the first Passover. What can we learn from leaven and lumps?

According to Paul, in 1 Corinthians 4, we all are servants of Christ and stewards of the Gospel. And it is REQUIRED of servants and stewards to be trustworthy. So how can we be trustworthy, God’s way?

The convicting call of God to His people in 1 Corinthians 3 (and throughout the rest of the Bible as well), is to stop being ordinary. But the great news about this conviction is that there is an extraordinary for us to step into! But as with all things, we have to step into that extraordinary God’s way.

Carrying on from what Paul started in 1 Corinthians 1, we look at the logic behind embracing foolishness and weakness that comes when we understand the gift we’ve been given in the Holy Sprit.

Trouble is brewing in the Corinthian church, and it centers around the Corinthians draw to certain personalities in the church. All of which can be avoided if we remember to live by the standards of God’s upside-down Kingdom.

Nolan Dill asks the question, is there ALWAYS power in the name of Jesus? Or is that power contingent upon something else?

At the end of Acts 18 and the beginning of Acts 19, we see two strikingly similar stories, both centering around people who know ALMOST all of the Gospel. What was missing in their Gospel…and is it missing in ours as well?

Purpose has an incredible way of making incredibly difficult things worth it. In Paul’s final section to the Thessalonian church, he gives them a difficult command, but also an incredible purpose to fuel the fire!

So many people get so worked up about the anti-Christ, but should we?

One of the most important things we can do in our Christian walk is learning how to anchor in the right person- God - and to anchor everything to Him.

In Acts 18 we see Paul working for the Lord in two very different seasons and it teaches us now vital it is for us to make the Lord's work ow work as well as the way to do that.

In the final chapter of 1 Thessalonians, Paul shows us what it means to be children of Light, and how we are to successfully live in God's family, God's way.

Paul’s command to the Thessalonians is to comfort each other in the fact that Jesus is coming back. When we think and talk about end times events, are we comforting or causing fear and division? If we stay out of the weeds, we’ll find that comfort Paul is offering…even in the midst of the unknown.

Two times in 1 Thessalonians 4, Paul tells the Thessalonians to "excel even more". So how did they do it and how do we?

In chapter three of 1 Thessalonians, Paul doubles down on the things we saw in the first two chapters in some pretty cool ways.

When we proclaim the gospel the right way, in word AND deed, it's actually the same thing as discipling the right way.