The balance of knowledge and love: Love should guide knowledge. Knowledge without love is useless. Even in matters where we have freedom to act, we must be careful not to cause offense or lead our weaker brothers into sin. Each person's faith should be used to build up the community, prioritizing the well-being of our brothers and sisters above all else.  Read More

Regardless of the circumstances, choose to follow God's will and wisdom, and live faithfully in accordance with those choices.   Read More

Regardless of social status, occupation, or marital status, what matters is living faithfully according to one's calling in Christ.   Read More

Regardless of one's individual circumstances (marriage, singlehood, a relationship with a non-believing spouse, etc.), live faithfully within God's calling.  Read More

1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be dominated by anything. “Food is meant for the stomach and the stomach for food”—and God will destroy both one and the other. The body is not meant for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. And God raised the Lord and will also...  Read More

Louise Perry was raised in a vaguely Christian home but never read the Bible and was never exposed to Christianity in a direct way. In her own words she became “an annoying atheist” as a young teenager after reading The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. As a young person growing up in this secular environment, Louise had little reason to question the assumptions of liberal, “sex-positive” feminism ...  Read More

Paul warns believers not to take disputes to secular courts but to resolve them with God’s wisdom. He reminds them they are changed by Christ and should live in righteousness, not in the world’s ways.  Read More

Corinth was a city famous for its wild, immoral lifestyle. The church there was struggling to define its boundaries. Paul was shocked that a church member was living in a way that even the non-Christian "pagans" found disgusting (v. 1). He was telling the Corinthian believers that being "free in Christ" doesn't mean "freedom to sin." It means freedom to live a new, clean life. He wanted them to realize that the church must be a distinct community, different from the world around it.   Read More

Paul speaks like a spiritual father, correcting the believers with love, not shame. He urges them to imitate his life in Christ and reminds them that God’s kingdom is shown by power, not just words.  Read More

Paul reminds believers not to be proud or judge leaders by human standards, because everything comes from God. He also shows how the apostles suffer and serve quietly, following Jesus with endurance and humility.  Read More

- Paul explains that leaders are servants and stewards of Christ, accountable to God alone. Human judgment is limited, but God sees the heart and will judge at the proper time.1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 4:1-51 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.3 But with me it is a very sm...  Read More

-  The wisdom of this world is foolishness to God, and those who think they are wise in human terms are actually deceived. Believers are not to rely on human wisdom, but rather boast in the wisdom of God, which is found in Christ. Therefore, believers should focus on God’s wisdom rather than worldly pride or status.1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you ...  Read More

- the church is built on Jesus Christ as the foundation. Believers are called to build carefully, using faithful and lasting work, because the quality of their work will be tested. The church is God’s holy temple, and the Holy Spirit dwells within it, so it must be treated with reverence and holiness.1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 3:10-17 10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled m...  Read More

- The church should be built on God’s foundation, not human wisdom or personalities. While Paul and Apollos played different roles in planting and watering, it is God who causes the growth. The church is God’s field and building, and believers are co-workers with God in this process. Each person has a role to play, but ultimately, true growth comes from God, not human effort.1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corint...  Read More

- The Spirit reveals what God has prepared for those who are called, granting understanding and discernment beyond human comprehension. Human minds cannot grasp God’s wisdom through natural reasoning, but the Spirit searches all things, including the deep things of God. Believers receive the mind of Christ, enabling them to discern spiritual truths and evaluate matters according to God’s purposes....  Read More

True wisdom and understanding come from the Spirit rather than human intellect. Human knowledge relies on reasoning and persuasion, while the Spirit reveals God’s hidden wisdom. This divine wisdom is prepared by God for those who are called and often appears mysterious or unexpected to the world. Leaders speak with simplicity and sincerity, relying on the Spirit to convey God’s message rather than...  Read More

1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 1:18-3118 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the...  Read More

1. SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow A...  Read More

1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  Read More

Restoring Shalom: Gods call to Unity and Holiness INTRODUCTION First Corinthians : From Disunity to CommunityBeginning January 12 and continuing until Easter Sunday, we invite you to embark on a transformative journey through the First Corinthians using the SOAP Bible study method. This journey is more than just reading Scripture—it’s about encountering Jesus in a way that changes everything.Our...  Read More

    3 Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.” They said to him, “We will go with you.” They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. 4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, “Children, do you have any fish?” They answered him, “No.” 6 He said to them, “Cast the net on the right s...  Read More

  SCRIPTURE READING: JOHN 20:1-31    SCRIPTURE HIGHLIGHTS:Vs 1-2 Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and found that the stone had been rolled away from the entrance.  She ran and found Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved. She said, “They have taken the Lord’s body out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” Vs ...  Read More

  31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already ...  Read More

  17 and he went out, bearing his own cross, to the place called The Place of a Skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha. 18 There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. 19 Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It read, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.”  20 Many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where J...  Read More