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“Our Plan and/vs. God’s Providence” • 1st Corinthians 16:5-12 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Using the example of three different preachers, Elder Bryce teaches how we should have a forward looking vision for our lives that conforms to the will of God. When we do this, there may still be times of uncertainty but we have been given faith to trust God in those times. The message was preached on Sunday, Dec...

“New Testament Giving” • 1st Corinthians 16:1-4 – Elder Bryce Lowrance.  In the closing to the letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul instructs them to take up a collection to help the struggling saints in Jerusalem. Using this instruction, Elder Bryce teaches principles of New Testament giving. Paul links giving to worship. He says that it is the responsibility of every member. The amount we...

“New Testament Giving” • 1st Corinthians 16:1-4 – Elder Bryce Lowrance.  In the closing to the letter to the Corinthians, the Apostle Paul instructs them to take up a collection to help the struggling saints in Jerusalem. Using this instruction, Elder Bryce teaches principles of New Testament giving. Paul links giving to worship. He says that it is the responsibility of every member. The amount we...

“A Mystery Revealed” • 1st Corinthians 15:51-58 – Elder Bryce Lowrance.  After a brief review of the first 50 verses of the chapter, Elder Bryce preaches about the details of the Lord’s return at the end of time and the general resurrection of the dead. With a hope in the fact of the resurrection, we can continue on through life’s trials and troubles. In the gospel, we have the mystery of what wil...

“A Mystery Revealed” • 1st Corinthians 15:51-58 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. After a brief review of the first 50 verses of the chapter, Elder Bryce preaches about the details of the Lord’s return at the end of time and the general resurrection of the dead. With a hope in the fact of the resurrection, we can continue on through life’s trials and troubles. In the gospel, we have the mystery of what will...

“Saved by Hope” • 1st Corinthians 15:1-50 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. The Church at Corinth had some people teaching that there is not resurrection from the dead. This doctrine, as well as the false practices at Corinth, grew out of a disobedience to the teaching of the Apostle Paul. Paul uses a lengthy but profound argument that the teaching of the resurrection is vital because it is the very heart o...

“Saved by Hope” • 1st Corinthians 15:1-50 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. The Church at Corinth had some people teaching that there is not resurrection from the dead. This doctrine, as well as the false practices at Corinth, grew out of a disobedience to the teaching of the Apostle Paul. Paul uses a lengthy but profound argument that the teaching of the resurrection is vital because it is the very heart o...

“Saved by Hope” • 1st Corinthians 15:1-50 – Elder Bryce Lowrance.  The Church at Corinth had some people teaching that there is not resurrection from the dead. This doctrine, as well as the false practices at Corinth, grew out of a disobedience to the teaching of the Apostle Paul. Paul uses a lengthy but profound argument that the teaching of the resurrection is vital because it is the very heart...

“Charity – The Purpose of God’s Gifts” • 1st Corinthians Chapter 14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. After a brief review of the first verse of the chapter, Elder Bryce teaches that reason that God blessed the 1st Century Christians with miraculous gifts was so that they could help others. God still blesses His children today for the same reason. If we have been blessed by God with understanding, love, or...

“Charity – The Purpose of God’s Gifts” • 1st Corinthians Chapter 14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance.  After a brief review of the first verse of the chapter, Elder Bryce teaches that reason that God blessed the 1st Century Christians with miraculous gifts was so that they could help others. God still blesses His children today for the same reason. If we have been blessed by God with understanding, love, or...

“Follow After Charity.” •1st Corinthians 14:1 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Bryce teaches that all of our efforts in worship and in our day to day life should be in thankfulness to God for His grace displayed in our active love for others. This message was preached on Sunday, September 3, 2023.

“Love Is The Greatest Thing” • 1st Corinthians 13 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Charity is a fruit of the spirit. That means it is a gift from God. But, unlike the temporary miraculous gifts of the first century, charity was designed as an eternal gift. The miraculous gifts ended int the first century. During our lives now we have faith and hope to help us. We have charity to help others. And charity is...

“Love Is The Greatest Thing” • 1st Corinthians 13 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Charity is a fruit of the spirit. That means it is a gift from God. But, unlike the temporary miraculous gifts of the first century, charity was designed as an eternal gift. The miraculous gifts ended int the first century. During our lives now we have faith and hope to help us. We have charity to help others. And charity is...

“Spiritual Gifts” • 1st Corinthians 12 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Even though the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit have ceased, the principle of church unity that the Apostle Paul teaches in this chapter still applies today. We have each been called by the sovereign grace of God individually, but we have been call into unity of the Body of Christ, the church. Therefore, whatever blessing a child o...

“Spiritual Gifts” • 1st Corinthians 12 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Even though the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit have ceased, the principle of church unity that the Apostle Paul teaches in this chapter still applies today. We have each been called by the sovereign grace of God individually, but we have been call into unity of the Body of Christ, the church. Therefore, whatever blessing a child of...

“Church Unity” • 1st Corinthians 11:17-34 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Lowrance continues in 1st Corinthians showing the Apostle Paul’s instruction for the church to worship in unity.  In order to properly worship God, we must see ourselves united into one body, the mystical body of Jesus Christ. Part 2 of this message begins in verse 24 where Paul uses the example of the Lord's Supper on how we...

“Church Unity” • 1st Corinthians 11:17-34 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Lowrance continues in 1st Corinthians showing the Apostle Paul’s instruction for the church to worship in unity. The first part of chapter eleven taught that there is a proper order in worship. The second half of the chapter teaches that there is a proper attitude for worship. We are called individually by the Holy Spirit into...

“Proper Authority in Worship” • 1st Corinthians 11:1-16 – Elder Bryce Lowrance. Elder Bryce points out that the debate over headcoverings is not the Apostle Paul’s main point. The cultural traditions of coverings point to a problem at Corinth regarding the order of authority in the church worship service.  This message was preached on Sunday, June 25, 2023

“Flee from Temptation” • 1st Corinthians 10:1-14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Starting in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, Elder Bryce Lowrance considers the Apostle Paul’s reminders to the church at Corinth that God takes care of His people and recalls specific occasions in which God was with Israel and delivered the Israelites time and again, sometimes with chastisement. Brother Bryce shows us how the instru...

“Flee from Temptation” • 1st Corinthians 10:1-14 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Starting in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, Elder Bryce Lowrance considers the Apostle Paul’s reminders to the church at Corinth that God takes care of His people and recalls specific occasions in which God was with Israel and delivered the Israelites time and again, sometimes with chastisement. Brother Bryce shows us how the instru...

“Christian Olympics” • 1st Corinthians 9:1-27 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Keeping in mind how the Apostle Paul is building up to the subject of charity in 1st Corinthians chapter 13, Elder Bryce considers the main points Paul makes in chapter 9. Brother Bryce shows how Paul references his authority as an Apostle and how Paul drives home that the work of the ministry should be supported. Then he notes t...

“Christian Olympics” • 1st Corinthians 9:1-27 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Keeping in mind how the Apostle Paul is building up to the subject of charity in 1st Corinthians chapter 13, Elder Bryce considers the main points Paul makes in chapter 9. Brother Bryce shows how Paul references his authority as an Apostle and how Paul drives home that the work of the ministry should be supported. Then he notes t...

Christian Liberty and Charity • 1st Corinthians 8 – Continuing in his expository series on the 1st Letter to the Church at Corinth, Elder Bryce discusses one of the questions the Corinthian brethren had about their liberty to eat meat offered to idols. The Apostle uses this question as a launching point on the subject of charity that he will discuss for the next several chapters crescendoing to a...

Christian Liberty and Charity • 1st Corinthians 8 – Continuing in his expository series on the 1st Letter to the Church at Corinth, Elder Bryce discusses one of the questions the Corinthian brethren had about their liberty to eat meat offered to idols. The Apostle uses this question as a launching point on the subject of charity that he will discuss for the next several chapters crescendoing to a...

Paul Answers Questions Concerning Marriage • 1st Corinthians 7 – Elder Bryce Lowrance Elder Bryce continues a series of messages looking at the Apostle Paul’s first letter to the church at Corinth. Brother Bryce considers Paul’s instruction in chapter 7 regarding marriage, divorce and remarriage, noting that Paul mentions a “present distress” (v.26) for which the advice was primarily given. Brothe...