Easter Sunday is not just a spring holiday enjoyed with flowers and bunnies, but it is when Christians celebrate Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. (Read Matthew 28, Mark 16, Luke 24, or John 20.) Apart from the resurrection, the Church would not exist and there would be no hope for Christians. The resurrection is the […]
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There is no more important thing to be a part of than the church – not a building but a people. Besides getting to be part of it, we get to be part of the work that God has given it. Every Christian has a unique and essential role in the church – there are
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We’ve studied 1 Corinthians every summer for the past three years, and one thing we can all agree on is that the Corinthian church was a messed up church. They had so many problems all happening at the same time. They were very confused and troubled. Yet, God still loved them very much. In 1
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Throughout our study of 1 Corinthians, we’ve thought a lot about what it means to be the church. Mainly, we’ve focused on being a church, a local church – but today’s passage reminds us that we’re also a part of the church, all the Christians around the world. We are part of something much bigger
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The Corinthian Christians doubted the resurrection. They didn’t think that those who trust and follow Jesus will be raised from the dead when He returns to new, eternal life with transformed bodies. Paul addressed some of this in 1 Corinthians 15:35-49, and today we’ll read verses 50-58 to see the rest of his argument and
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The resurrection of the dead is usually a topic for funerals – but it’s good to think about it just on a regular Sunday. Why? Because the resurrection of the dead is a reality. In Christ, we are promised a bodily resurrection from death. So we need to look at it in concrete terms, asking
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