The air is buzzing with Fall excitement. We attended our first high school football game this past week; college students were back in worship on Sunday. Several new additions to our family come by way of college students. First, Will Drumwright is replacing Alex as our new Administrative Assistant. Will...

Last week, we dealt with the thorny issues of sexual immorality and church discipline. You might remember that we skipped over the first eight verses of chapter six. This Sunday, we come back to these eight verses. They have to do with Christians taking other Christians to court. The placement...

As we come to this final month of summer, we look forward to the fall. I find myself in the midst of dissertation work. As some of you may know, I am working with a team developing a process for decision-making at First Baptist Church Muncie. We have developed the...

We discussed God’s mindset this past Sunday. We remember Isaiah relating God’s words; “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD.” (Is 55:8 NIV) At the same time, we are encouraged by Paul to understand and live in the mind of Christ....

Have you ever tried to understand how God thinks? Isaiah proclaims that we cannot understand the mind of God. He asks in a rhetorical sense, “Who has understood the mind of the LORD . . .?” (Is 40:13 NIV) The obvious answer is no one. How can we begin to...

We have spent the last couple of weeks describing Paul’s posture as he writes to the church at Corinth. He certainly takes a high view of them. It is not because of their actions, rather it is because God is faithful. Since the church belongs to Christ, he is sure...

Have you ever felt like giving up on church? Sometimes it is a mess. I am not going to mention names, but frankly some church people are jerks. Additionally, the church is not always doing what is supposed to be doing. We are often more concerned with making people happy...

This week we begin a sermon series on the book of 1 Corinthians. In order to best understand this letter, we need to do some background work on the city of Corinth. We will find that Corinth is a wealthy city that is consumed with materialism and sensual pleasures. The...