Category Archives: Sermon Study Guides
An Apostle and the Church
1 Corinthians 4:1-21 What is an Apostle? Characterize in your own words the attitudes of the Corinthians and Paul if all you had to go on was this chapter. Think about the metaphors below that Paul uses in this text … Continue reading
Buildling God’s Way
1 Corinthians 3:10-23 According to this passage what should you consider as you build into God’s church? In addition and more specifically, how do we build in ways that are not perishable? (think of specific and individual ways) What other … Continue reading
God’s Building
1 Corinthians 3:1-9 In your own words describe the Corinthians from what Paul has said so far. How is the Gospel both milk and solid food? How is this analogous to our ABC’s and language? How does the Gospel find … Continue reading
An Image Marred
Genesis 1:26-27 The Bible clearly declares that man has attributes that set him apart from the rest of God’s creation. What are some of those attributes, and how do they allow us to relate to our creator as well as … Continue reading
The Mystery and The Spirit
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Set this passage in the bigger context of 1 Corinthians and what you have learned in this letter so far. How would you describe it set in its context? How is the “wisdom” of the Gospel described … Continue reading
To Be or Not to Be
Acts 4:32-5:11; 20:18-38 When you hear the word integrity, who comes to your mind? Why does that person stand out as being one with integrity? Take about five minutes and list all of the small things one might have in … Continue reading
Of What Will I Boast?
1 Corinthians 1:26-2:5 Start your time by doing exactly what Paul exhorts the Corinthians to do at the beginning of this text: consider your calling, specifically what you were when you were called. What does this tell you about God’s … Continue reading
The Foolishness of God
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Why is the cross scandalous to the Jews and foolish to the Gentiles (specifically the Greeks)? What culturally or historically contributes to this being so? What are some contemporary forms of the “wisdom of the world?” In … Continue reading
Is Christ Divided? Keeping the Cross of Christ as the Crux of the Church
1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Have you ever been part of a church situation where quarrels and divisions ran rampant? What happened? How was it handled? What were the results? Think about the four names mentioned in vs. 12. There is much … Continue reading
The Church in the Kingdom: Set Apart and Strengthened
1 Corinthians 1:1-9 What did you learn about the setting in Corinth? How does the context of Corinth shed light onto the content of Paul’s letter? Read Acts 18:1-17. What do you learn about Paul, Corinth and his relationship to … Continue reading