Profile of a Maturing Church: Rules, Rights, & Responsibilities – Pastors David Schroeder & Scott Wilson
Important notice about membership at Washington Alliance Church: the pastors have decided that members may no longer eat meat that has been sacrificed to idols. If that offends you, well, we are sorry; the church has to take a stand on some of these pressing social issues
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Chapters 8-10 of First Corinthians deal with the Christian’s relationship to the social customs and ethical practices of our multi-cultural environment. Questions which face us today include internet use, romance and dating, movies, clubs and bars, food and beverages, language, fashion, nationalism, use of finances and many others. Even though eating meat that had been sacrificed to idols is not a hot topic today, the principles Paul gave may apply to our questions today.
A Spiritual Problem: The Christian and the Questionable; 8:1-13; A Sacrificed Privilege: The Cross and the Questionable; 9:1-2, 13-15, 19-21; A Sacred Principle: Convictions and the Questionable; 10: 19-31