Building a Culture of Unity

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Building a Culture of Unity

1 Corinthians 1:10-17

September 10, 2023 • Luke Edgerton • 1 Corinthians 1:10–17

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This week, we launch a new message series we're calling “Kingdom Culture”. For seven weeks we’ll examine the major themes in the book of 1 Corinthians and strive to embody the practices the Apostle Paul implores the Christians there to live.

Corinth was a major Roman city, the center for trade. Corinth could have been to Greece what New York City is to the USA. A center for economic trade and a birthplace of culture.

That's the very culture that the Church in Corinth would succumb to. In its waywardness, Paul writes them a letter to help them become a culture all of their own. One that is so attractive that the lost are drawn to it. And one that is so strong it had the potential to influence the very city it called home.

Building a Culture of Giving

October 22, 2023 • Luke Edgerton • 2 Corinthians 9:6–7

"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."

Building a Culture of Submission

October 15, 2023 • Nick Wise • 1 Corinthians 8:9—9:23

Freedom can be defined as - “liberty and autonomy in the sense of giving oneself one's own laws.” Essentially - freedom means self-authority. But what if that isn’t the best way to live? What if we aren’t the best authority for ourselves? What if the restraints that God put in place are actually for our benefit? In this message, we continue our look into 1 Corinthians and how to build a Kingdom Culture. What we need to remember is that in the Kingdom of God, we are not the King or Queen. God is.

Building a Culture of Synergy

October 8, 2023 • Mady Wise • 1 Corinthians 12:12—13:3

You may have heard the term “the church body” or “the body of believers,” but what does that even mean? And why is it so important? In this message we continue our journey through 1 Corinthians as we take a look at what it means to be a body of believers ~ in other words, what it means to be a collective of Christ followers all working toward the same goal. Though we are different parts, different people, we are all one body, we are one blood, we are one mission.