Book of 1 Corinthians – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

Sermon on the Meaning of Love According to 1 Corinthians 13:1-7

Book of 1 Corinthians Love Sermons
/ By Randall Johnson

In the Name of Love – A Quest for the Meaning of True Love U2 Lyrics – Pride (In The Name Of Love) One man come in the name of love, One man come and go One come he to justify, One man to overthrow In

The Integrity of a True Leader – 1 Corinthians 16:5-24

Abraham Lincoln defeated William Seward and Salmon Chase for the Republican nomination for President, and when he won the national election for President he invited Seward and Chase to be part of his cabinet,

Christian Offerings – 1 Corinthians 16:1-4

Acquiring money is a powerful motivator for stealing, and churches that don’t take great care to make stealing less easy have paid the price: A church treasurer embezzled $850,000 by distributing

The End of Death, the End of Sin – 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

Esau, as the first born of his father and mother, Isaac and Rebekah, born ever so slightly before Jacob, did not deserve or qualify for his inheritance. When he was hungry and Jacob offered to give him

Resurrection Glory – 1 Corinthians 15:29-49

One of the most important premises of Christianity, and Judaism for that matter, is that humans are body/spirit creatures. Unlike angels, who are all spirit, humans are a combination of earth and wind,

Resurrection and Kingdom – 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

Rupert Murdoch is handing over the reins of Fox to his sons, Georgia Seipel handed over the reins of Sonoma Drag Racing to her son Kyle, Saddam Hussein was supposedly going to hand over the reins of Iraq

Essential Resurrection – 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

I think he’s missed the boat. At RedeemingGod.com Jeremy Myers responds to the 1980 find of an ossuary find (a bone box in which the remains of deceased family members were reinterred after burial)

The Gospel and Resurrection – 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Randy Alcorn, author of the wonderful book, Heaven, has a short video on what he calls Christoplatonism, ideas of Plato adopted by some in the Christian church, and it seems, by some of the Corinthians,

Gifts and Order – 1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Gordon Fee notes three main views on the part of this passage that talks about women keeping silent in the churches: (1) that Paul is forbidding disruptive speech, (2) that Paul is prohibiting inspired

Speaking Clearly – 1 Corinthians 14:20-25

Luke Cawley has an article, How NOT to Speak Christianese. He writes, “One of the big cultural gaps that distorts the meaning of language is the divide between people grounded in the Christian

Untranslated Tongues – 1 Corinthians 14:1-19

ReligiousAffections.org has a helpful article on 1 Corinthians and its teaching on corporate worship, as well as its teaching on tongues and prophecy. It has, I believe, two main errors. It teaches

Gifts Passing, Love Eternal – 1 Corinthians 13:8-13

When I had only been a believer for a year or so I was confronted by the charismatic movement and speaking in tongues, and was put off by it. I was willing to accept any argument against it. I came

Litany of Love – 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with

Love and Value – 1 Corinthians 13:2,3

And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. (ESV) My contribution to the world is

Noisy Gong, Clanging Cymbal – 1 Corinthians 13:1

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. (ESV) Increasing my value in the eyes of others competes with God’s calling on my life to

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