1st Century Corinth and 21st Century New York City
Fully titled, “1st Century Corinth and 21st Century New York City: an Urban Exposition,” Sam preached this series on 1st and 2nd Corinthians between 10/12/03 and 7/24/05. An outline of this sermon series follows below. You can scroll down to get to the sermons, or, to jump right to them, you can click here.
| Main Division of Letter | Subdivisions | Chapter | Verse | Topics/Sermons |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I. Greeting (1:1-1:9) | 1 | 1-9 | Holy & Called to Be Holy | |
| II. Divisions at Corinth (1:10-4) | What We Need is a Good Man to Lead Us | |||
| Human Intellect is a Hijacked Truck | ||||
| 2 | Spiritual Wisdom, Spiritually Interpreted | |||
| 3 | Layers of the Local Church | |||
| 4 | The Enigma of the Apostle | |||
| III. Disorders at Corinth (5-6) | 5 | Going for an Unleavened Lump | ||
| 6 | The Church—Conflict Resolution Experts | |||
| Sex and the City | ||||
| IV. Difficulties at Corinth (7-15) | A. Life Difficulties (7-10) | 7 | 1-11 | Marriage for Sex, Singleness for Bliss |
| 12-16 | Membership has its Privileges | |||
| 12-16 | Living in Disagreement | |||
| 17-24 | When Background Reverses Foreground | |||
| 8 | Idol Food | |||
| Decision Making: Bible Says it, Doesn’t Settle it | ||||
| 9 | Forbearance to the Xtreme | |||
| 10 | Baptism: Dividing Waters | |||
| Idolatry: Whose Desire is Stronger | ||||
| B. Worship Difficulties (11-15) | 11 | 2-16 | Headcoverings: Wearing Your Culture into Worship | |
| 2-16 | Headcoverings: Gender Glorious | |||
| 17-34 | Lord’s Supper: Coming out of our Little World | |||
| 12 | Liturgy Participation: The Holy Spritiuals | |||
| 1-11 | Holy Spiritual Gifts: Feeling the Wind | |||
| 1-11 | Idolatry: A Voice to Free Us | |||
| 12-27 | The Story of the One and the Many | |||
| 13 | Love: Who Love Is | |||
| 14 | Tongues: A Sign for Nonbelievers | |||
| 15 | 1-11 | The Gospel is a Story | ||
| 1-11 | Resurrection Transforming Failure | |||
| 12-28 | Knowing the End of the Story | |||
| 12-28 | Our Strange Connection to Christ’s Resurrection | |||
| 29-34 | Baptism for the Dead | |||
| 35-50 | A Body Fit for your Biome | |||
| 51-58 | Victorious Hope | |||
| V. Conclusion | 16 | 1-6 | Offertory: The Gift that Keeps on Giving | |
| 15-18 | Greetings: Testimonies of Amazment | |||
| Greetings: Treasure in One Another | ||||
| Conclusion: Love and Curses |