Sermons on 1 Corinthians
Christ Our Passover 1 Corinthians 5:7-8; Exodus 12:1-8 April 21, 2024 The Fourth Sunday of Easter First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction-Passover starts this Tuesday Jesus died on Passover, and in the structure of how these holidays are determined sometimes they take place at the same time, and this year one starts long after the other is finished. Easter is behind us but Passover starts this Tuesday. Let’s take a look at some of the symbolism of this…
An Open Understanding
An Open Understanding 1 Corinthians 2:10-16; Luke 24:45 Third Sunday of Easter April 14, 2024 First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: Sheldon, come home There’s an old story about a lady from the East Coast of the United States, who traveled to the farthest reaches of Tibet and there came to a remote monastery. She inquired about having a conversation with the chief monk and was told to wait at the gate. This she did for some time…
SHARED gIFTS
Shared Gifts 1 Corinthians 12:12; Numbers 11:24-30 Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa I’d like to begin with a story about a delivery person, and I will explain why in just a minute. The story goes as follows: “Around 2004/2005, I lived alone in New Jersey without a car. I ordered from the local pizza place pretty much every other night. Delivery was usually done by someone in a beaten up car, or…
The Message of the Cross
The Message of the Cross Sunday, January 29, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Isaiah 29:13-16; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written: “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Introduction: The Cross is Offensive to…
In the Same Mind and Judgement
In the Same Mind and Judgment Sunday, January 22, 2023 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa 1 Corinthians 1:10 (NKJV) 10 Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. Introduction: The scorpion and turtle-it is in my nature to…
Called to be Saints
Called to Be Saints 1 Corinthians 1:2 To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all who in every place call on the name of the Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours. Sunday, January 8, 2023 at the First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction: Hebrew national hot dogs-dedicated to a higher calling. I remember trying a hotdog years ago that had the…
How the World Will Know
How the World Will Know 1 Corinthians 14:24-25; John 13:31-35 Sunday, May 22, 2022 at the First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Josh McDowell, before his conversion to Christianity, once asked a group of Christian students the central point of the Christian story and learned that it was the Resurrection of Jesus. If he could prove that to be false, he could discredit everything about Christianity. He carefully researched and published the results but failed in his…
The House of God
The House of GodJanuary 3, 2022 at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa1 Chronicles 17:3-10; 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 • IntroductionI once saw an advertisement for a gym membership that included the words, “the body is a temple.” Did the ad writers know what that phrase meant? I don’t know, but it is, like many catchy phrases, taken from Scripture and touches upon destiny, community, and the influence we have on one another. And it all started with a question…
Beyond Our Understanding
Isaiah 64:4 1st Sunday of Advent Introduction: The once and future king Today marks the first day of the Season of Advent, recalling the events preceding the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. It has an ancient history and marks a wondrous theological truth; that in His birth Jesus, the eternal Son of God who is Creator of all things is Himself now part of Creation. He has joined the human race, and when He resurrected and ascended to heaven, He…
The Message of the Cross
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:18