1 Corinthians 10 | A Life That Pleases God

Welcome back to our series on Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians — Christian Answers to Real Life. We have arrived at chapter 10. For two chapters now Paul has been wrestling with the question of Christian liberty. In chapter 8 he taught us that knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. In chapt…

1 Corinthians 10:23–24, 31–33 | Day 5 — Whatever You Do, Do It All to the Glory of God

Welcome back to Life in Christ Radio. This is our final broadcast in 1 Corinthians chapter 10, and what a week it has been. We have heard that privilege is not piety, that the four sins of the wilderness still kill Christians today, that in every temptation God provides a way of escape, and that th…

1 Corinthians 10:1–6, 11 | Day 1 — Privileges Are Not Enough

Welcome to Life in Christ Radio. I am glad you are with me today. For the past two weeks we have been walking through Paul’s teaching on Christian liberty. In chapter 8 we saw that knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. In chapter 9 we watched the Apostle Paul lay down every right he had for the s…

1 Corinthians 10:7–10 | Day 2 — Four Things That Displease God

Welcome back to Life in Christ Radio. Yesterday we opened 1 Corinthians 10 and watched Paul reach back to the wilderness generation — a people who had every privilege of belonging to God, and most of whom died in the wilderness anyway, because privilege is not the same thing as a life that pleases …

1 Corinthians 10:12–13 | Day 3 — Stand Firm and Trust the Way of Escape

Welcome back to Life in Christ Radio. For two days now we have been walking through 1 Corinthians 10. We have seen that privilege without obedience does not please God, and we have heard Paul name the four sins — idolatry, sexual immorality, testing Christ, and grumbling — that brought down the wil…

1 Corinthians 10:14–22 | Day 4 — Remember Whose You Are

Welcome back to Life in Christ Radio. For three days we have been walking through 1 Corinthians 10. We have seen that privilege is not piety, that four killers still bring down believers, and that in every temptation God provides a way of escape. Today Paul reaches for the most powerful symbol of b…

1 Corinthians 8:1–3 | Day 2 — Love Comes Before Knowledge

Yesterday we framed Paul’s question — can a Christian eat meat sacrificed to an idol? And we saw that the question really probes something deeper — when my freedom in Christ might wound a brother, what do I do? Today Paul lays his first principle on the table, and it is one of the most important se…

1 Corinthians 8 | Who Needs Meat, Anyway? — Love Comes Before Knowledge

We are now in chapter 8. For the past three chapters, Paul walked us through purity in the church, purity in the personal life, and purity in the home. Today he turns to a question that may sound strange to American ears in the twenty-first century — but is, at its heart, one of the most relevant c…

1 Corinthians 8:13| Day 5 — Just Because I Can, Doesn’t Mean I Should

This is the final broadcast in our walk through 1 Corinthians 8. If you have been with me all week, thank you. And if today is your first day, welcome — Paul brings the whole chapter home today with one of the most beautiful pastoral sentences in all of Scripture. Listen to 1 Corinthians 8, verse …

1 Corinthians 8:4–6 | Day 3 — There Is Only One God

For two days now, we have been walking through 1 Corinthians 8 together. We have framed the question — meat offered to idols, and the conscience of the believer — and we have seen Paul’s first principle — love comes before knowledge. Today, Paul lays the doctrinal foundation. Listen to 1 Corinthian…