What does it look like to imitate Christ and reject Celebrity Christianity? Paul says we are to be "fools for Christ". He flips the script on what we tend to think Christianity should be by telling us to bless when we are persecuted. Instead of avoiding the struggle, we ought to see how much more Christ can work through our struggle when we welcome Him into it instead of praying to get out of it.
Pastors Curt Harlow and Michael Metcalf walk through the context, text, theology and application of 1 Corinthians 4:8-21 as Paul is calling the church to walk in humility as they respond to the situations they face. They take a deeper look at what characteristics make a great leader and how we've been misguided in that in our own world today with celebrity culture running rampant. Where does Christ fit in? Tune in to understand the book of 1 Corinthians better, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode.
S3E4 - Rejecting Celebrity Christianity
October 13, 2021 • Curt Harlow, Pastor Michael Metcalf • 1 Corinthians 4
S3E14 - The Gift of Tongues
March 2, 2022 • Curt Harlow, Dena Davidson • 1 Corinthians 14
We often get weirded out by the conversation of the gift of speaking in tongues or prophecy, so we decided to dig in a little deeper and see why Paul felt it was so important to discuss and how it's relevant for our lives and faith today. The point of 1 Corinthians 14 is to discuss when to come together as a church because your whole life is not about what is best for you - it's about what's best for building up the church. How do we do things that benefit the whole church? We are called to eagerly desire spiritual gifts - to strengthen, encourage, and comfort our brothers and sisters in Christ. Let’s lean into the awkward conversation about these gifts here to talk about what the text actually says and how we can live in light of this truth.
S3E13 - The Way of Love
February 23, 2022 • Curt Harlow, Kevin A Thompson • 1 Corinthians 13
The LOVE chapter, as we like to call it - 1 Corinthians 13 talks about some very specific ways to live out the way of love. Why does Paul find this such an important moment to capture this content in his letter to the church in Corinth? The church was facing major divisions, and this was his response to show them how to respond with a worshipful way of love. This is SO important to get right! Paul is tackling the importance of using our spiritual gifts to live out love - without love, our gifts are meaningless. Dive into this text deeper with Pastors Curt & Kevin!
S3E12 - Deploy Your Spiritual Gifts
February 16, 2022 • Andrew McCourt, Mark Clark • 1 Corinthians 12
Taking a look at 1 Corinthians 12, Pastors Mark and Andrew sit down to discuss the importance of understanding and developing our spiritual gifts. What are they? How do we use them? Why does Paul think it's so important to dedicate such a huge part of his letter to talking about gifts? Ultimately, we are called to use our gifts to edify and build up the church - so where do you begin? Tune into this episode of The Bible Study to better understand how to discern, develop, and deploy your spiritual gifts as God designed!