Another Look at 1 Corinthians 7

Last summer, the pastors at my church began to teach through 1 Corinthians. It’s taken many months, but we’ve now arrived at the seventh chapter, which addresses singleness. Two weeks ago, Jeff Purswell, who serves Sovereign Grace Ministries as the dean of our Pastors College, opened his sermon by poking fun at the ominous disclaimers that always follow the sunny optimism of TV drug advertisements. Then he drew a comparison to this text (1 Corinthians 7:8-9; 25-38), joking about the need for disclaimers: “This text is extremely vulnerable to misinterpretation. Any sermon preached on this text is guaranteed to be misunderstood by some and may well offend many. Teachers who preach this text will likely receive angry emails and may never again be asked to preach in this church.”
Despite the risks, Jeff did a great job of setting up the background of this letter, the false theologies that were […]

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