Focus Church Sunday Night Gatherings

How did members the early church deal with being members of the kingdom of God while also being part of the most powerful (and often corrupt and oppressive) government on the planet? How did they maintain stability and integrity and what was their response to living in such country. This was a very special Sunday for us as we celebrated a baptism!

It's important under all the head coverings, not to lose sight of the main point!

So, here's the bottom line to all the Corinthian's questions.

A word about giving, and Paul's example of cheerful serving.

Paul reveals the essential answer tom most of the Corinthians problems in this chapter. As he says, it's not really about food at all.

The Corinthians ask if it's better to be married or single and Paul answers a much more important question, demonstrating along the way what it means to walk by faith and wisdom.

The deception Paul warns against may not be the one you think it is! Dont' be deceived!

Paul prefaces his answers with an important principle. Will you trust God's wisdom or judge it by the wisdom the world?

Why would we follow the wisdom of the world when we have the mind of Christ?

Who are the Corinthians? Why is Paul writing them?

Is it possible there is more significance to the silence of Saturday then merely a moment of grief between defeat and victory?

How many illegal trials does it take to convict the Messiah? Well they tried five, but Jesus says none. It was all up to Him in the final analysis. Without His cooperation it would never have happened .

We may not know when or what was on the menu but we do know what happened in the last supper!

What's the deal with the fig tree anyway? And did you know that Jesus loved the pharisees?

For some people this day seems to be the most important thing Jesus will do all week. Of course It's not; that comes at the end of the week. But, what is that flipping tables in the temple thing really about? What if we didn't simply use it to justify our own angry acts and just tried to understand what Jesus was doing?

Everything will be ok; it will all be fixed, once our gracious, all powerful, perfectly wise, completely just, incredibly benevolent King is recognized for who He is. Everything lines up as it should under Jesus. All that is broken will be fixed. All that is wrong will be made right.

We begin a series leading up to Easter with the event that seems to have pushed the religious leaders over the edge. This is the moment they decided nothing would do but the death of Jesus.

Why is Paul so stubborn about Christ's crucifixion? It is really all he preaches? How did this obsession make perseverance possible for Paul? Might it do the same for you? Why does it matter?

We preach Christ Crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. So it still is.

We've got a memory verse for the year (1 Corinthians 1:20-31) and a theme for the year (Fools For Christ). Come find out why and join us!

All the natural loves are at their best as shadow and servants of the divine love.

Our third in our series on Love: The first seven minutes suffered from some technical difficulties in the audio, but it clears up after that.

Friendship

The first of the four Greek words for love, which actually doesn't appear in scripture at all...or does it?

One final tip to aid you in your pursuit to be a lifelong student of scripture.