2017

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 16:1-24 | November 19

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Series – Church in the City 

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 12

adoption and resurrection | November 12

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1 Corinthians 15: 50-58 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

CG Guide - Adoption and Resurrection

why God cares about kids | November 5

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Mark 9:35-37 And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

CG Guide - Why God cares about kids

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 | October 29

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Series – Church in the City 

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 11

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 14:1-40 | October 22

Series – Church in the City 

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 10

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 12:1-13:13 | October 15

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Series – Church in the City

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 9

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 11:2-34 | October 8

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Series – Church in the City

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 8

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1 | October 1

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Series – Church in the City

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 7

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 8:1-9:27 | September 24

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Series – Church in the City  

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 6

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 7:1-40 | September 17

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Series – Church in the City

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 5

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 5:1-6:20 | September 10

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Series – Church in the City

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 4

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 4:1-21 | September 3

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Series – Church in the City

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 3

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 3:5-23 | August 27

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Series – Church in the City  

Summary -  The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 2

church in the city | 1 Corinthians 1:1-3:4 | august 20

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Series – Church in the City

Summary - The Corinthian church was succumbing to the pressures and the cultural norms of its surrounding culture. Paul is writing to confront the behaviors that are not in step with the gospel and to encourage the church live out her distinction as a holy temple in and for the world. 

CG Guide - Church in the City | week 1

Short Stories: Hope | Matthew 22:1-14 | August 6

Series – Short Stories: Hope

Summary - Jesus was the master storyteller. Mathematics is precise, but math lacks the ability to connect the human heart. To connect a truth to people you need something more profound than a precise calculation, you need a story. Stories and metaphors connect to the human condition and speak to the human heart. Jesus’ stories are simple, but we could swim in the depths of them endlessly. Jesus’ stories are not meant to write a precise prescription, but they are meant to stir the heart to contemplation. In this series we are going to contemplate and study the Short Stories of Jesus and will be wading through the depths of these stories as they instruct the human heart.  

CG Guide - Short Stories | week 11

Short Stories: Hope | Luke 16:1-13 | July 30

Series – Short Stories: Hope

Summary - Jesus was the master storyteller. Mathematics is precise, but math lacks the ability to connect the human heart. To connect a truth to people you need something more profound than a precise calculation, you need a story. Stories and metaphors connect to the human condition and speak to the human heart. Jesus’ stories are simple, but we could swim in the depths of them endlessly. Jesus’ stories are not meant to write a precise prescription, but they are meant to stir the heart to contemplation. In this series we are going to contemplate and study the Short Stories of Jesus and will be wading through the depths of these stories as they instruct the human heart. 

CG Guide - Short Stories | week 10