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Central Christian Church
Weekend Worship | February 22
Setting the Stage...No Longer Ordinary | February 22 | Acts 18
Locations & Times
Central Christian Church
2900 N Rock Rd, Wichita, KS 67226, USA
Sunday 9:30 AM
“an ancient text like 1 Corinthians cannot be properly understood unless it is read against the background of its historical context and as part of a dialogue with the Corinthian church itself.”
1. Corinth's position
2. New Church
3. Pagan and Jewish influence
Core Issues
• Value of eloquence and wisdom
• Sexual immorality
• Engaging in the commerce of the day
• Mixed marriages
• Spiritual experience versus physical reality (spiritual versus body)
• Value of eloquence and wisdom
• Sexual immorality
• Engaging in the commerce of the day
• Mixed marriages
• Spiritual experience versus physical reality (spiritual versus body)
Key Theme:
Corinthians shows a people struggling to allow the gospel to fully be re-formed by Christ rather than accommodated to culture.
Key Application:
Consider and examine the pressures around you and in you that are preventing you from fully following Christ and being re-shaped by him.
Key Verses:
Acts 18:9-10 “And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”
Key Questions:
1. Imagine what aspects of Corinth’s culture (wealth, sexuality, pluralism, eloquence, power) would have made faith in Christ especially difficult or costly?
2. In what ways do we feel pressure to follow Jesus with “minimal social disturbance”?
3. How does knowing the Church’s origin in Acts 18 help you better understand the problems Paul later addresses in 1 Corinthians?
Corinthians shows a people struggling to allow the gospel to fully be re-formed by Christ rather than accommodated to culture.
Key Application:
Consider and examine the pressures around you and in you that are preventing you from fully following Christ and being re-shaped by him.
Key Verses:
Acts 18:9-10 “And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.”
Key Questions:
1. Imagine what aspects of Corinth’s culture (wealth, sexuality, pluralism, eloquence, power) would have made faith in Christ especially difficult or costly?
2. In what ways do we feel pressure to follow Jesus with “minimal social disturbance”?
3. How does knowing the Church’s origin in Acts 18 help you better understand the problems Paul later addresses in 1 Corinthians?
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