Every organization, if it is to accomplish what it sets out to do, will need to understand who they are and what they intend to accomplish, their mission as an organization. Some organizations have well defined mission statements to help
In her book, The Gospel Comes with a House Key, Rosaria Butterfield tells a story of two church members who had been caught in sexual sin. She also talks about how the church handled it and how the two men
It is interesting that Paul describes the Church as the body of Christ. I would venture to say that most people today would describe the church as an organization and yet Paul describes the church as an organism, a living
We are back in our study of 1 Corinthians 12-14 this morning. My mind and my heart are being saturated, not just with the study of the gifts that God has given to His people, the Church, but thinking about
We will pick up this morning where we left off in our study of 1 Corinthians 12-14. The brothers and sisters in Corinth were constantly in turmoil and they wrote to Paul to ask him for help about various issues
Have you ever had the opportunity to listen to a symphony orchestra? It is an amazing experience to watch and listen to 25, 50, or even 100 musicians all playing their own individual instruments, but producing sounds that compliment one
This is our third week taking a look at what Paul wrote to the brothers and sisters in Corinth about the Lord’s Supper and how they had lost sight of the significance of celebrating the Lord’s Supper together. As a
Memories are such an important part of life. In America and around the world people have always memorialized those who were important to them, those who made a difference in their lives or in the lives of their community or
For the next two weeks we are going to spend our time taking a look at 1 Corinthians 11:17-34. This entire section of Paul’s letter to the brothers and sisters in Corinth has to do with Communion, the celebration of
Distractions are everywhere. I bet you saw people who were distracted while you were driving to church this morning. On Wednesday of this past week I was second in line at a stop light, in the turn lane ready to
