Teacher: Joey Nelson

The Corinthians were endeavoring to take “short-cuts” through many critical  issues present in the church at Corinth. Paul shows us a better path through the conflict. This Pauline Epistle  addresses how Paul handled various topics and issues in the first century church at Corinth: how our sexuality should be expressed; who should be subjected to church discipline (if anyone); whether or not a Christ-follower should take legal action, especially against another Christ-follower; what the purpose of marriage is and what defines marriage; whether or not divorce is acceptable and if so, under what conditions; whether or not transgendered people can lead in a public worship service; how spiritual gifts should work; what priority the earliest Christian creed should have in our theology and practice; and what a church worship service should look like. These are Paul’s larger topics in 1 Corinthians.