Sermons

The Resurrection Body

I Corinthians 15:35-49 A husband and wife are having a hard timesleeping, given the fact their neighbor’s dog isbarking in the backyard all night long. Eventually,the wife tells her husband to go next door and getthe dog to stop. The husband obeys and comesback a few minutes later. “Okay, honey, that should solve the problem,”…

The Resurrection of Life

I Corinthians 15:21-34 I was on the phone with my wife and said,“I’m almost home, honey, please put the coffee makeron.” After a twenty second pause, I asked,“You still there sweetheart?” “Yeah…” she replied. “But I don’t think the coffeemaker wants to talk right now…” Last week we looked at the significance of theresurrection. Paul…

The Significance of the Resurrection

I Corinthians 15:12-20 A dog sees a “Now hiring” poster outside of a computer store.The poster reads: “Must be able to type. Must be able to program. And must bebilingual. We are an equal opportunity employer.” The dog takes the poster in his mouth, and walks in. Themanager spots the dog, and decides to humor…

A Resurrection Reminder

I Corinthians 15:1-11 A woman in a supermarket is following agrandfather and his badly behaved three-year-oldgrandson. It’s obvious to her that he has his handsfull with the child screaming for candy in the candyaisle, cookies in the cookie aisle and for cereal andsoda in the other aisles. A woman in a supermarket is following agrandfather…

Proper Worship: Orderly Worship

I Corinthians 14:26-40 A hot dog vendor brings a homeless man tocourt for standing near the stand and enjoyingthe smell of the meat as he ate his bread.The judge is quite exasperated.Judge to the homeless man: “Do you deny this?”Homeless man: “No, your honor.”Judge: “Do you have any coins?”Homeless man: “Just a few quarters, your…

Proper Worship: Prophecy and Tongues

I Corinthians 14:1-25 We got a new puppy, he is so cute but he chews on everything.Yesterday he chewed up my drawstring bag of scrabble tiles.I picked him up and asked him what he thought he was doing.He looked at me with those sad puppy eyesbut not a single word came out of his mouth.…

Proper Worship: The Permanence of Love

I Corinthians 13:8-13 A Doctor was chatting at a party with a CharteredAccountant. He asked, “How do I manage this delicate issuewhen people even at a party like this ask me abouttheir joint pains and heartburn and gas trouble?Just because I am a doctor. Not fair!” The CA friend replied coolly, “Just tell them theright…

Proper Worship: Motivated by Love

I Corinthians 13:1-7 A wife is frying eggs for her husband in the morning.Suddenly the husband appears behind the wife’s back andsays: “Careful, CAREFUL, put more fat in the pan! You’re frying toomany at a time. TOO MANY! Flip them! FLIP THEM! Come on!Put more fat in there. Oh dear lord. How are you gonna…

Unity in the Body of Christ

I Corinthians 12:12-31 What is the last body part to die?The eyes, because they dilate. Did you hear about the road made of body parts?They call it the Organ Trail If you had to choose one body part to smell…Would you pick your nose? Last week we looked at the first 11 verses of I…

Proper Worship: Spiritual Gifts

I Corinthians 12:1-11 Are you grateful to God for your salvation this morning?Are you grateful that He has also given you Spiritualgifts? If you recall, before we started our Christmas celebrationwe were studying Paul’s letter to the Corinthian church. Since chapter 11, Paul has been writing about properworship. He explained to them about the headship…