Women were forbidden to watch the contests for this reason. The sports metaphor in this text is a radical departure from everything we have in biblical literature, and shows just how radical Paul is in adapting the faith to his culture.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Olympic Challenge (Kegel). Life as race, fight, battle for self-mastery, self-discipline, self-control, or life as satisfaction of desires, enjoyment of all the available pleasures, life as focused on fun and ease. If there is a cultural battle in our time, it is over the question as to which of these dimensions of human experience will dominate. 1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Getting in Shape (Bowen). So that's where God is in this world - the extra-ordinary spirit of Jesus still present and powerful in very ordinary places. And it really has the power to change things, to change us. Extraordinary spirit in an ordinary place. Where is God in this world? That's where he is. 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 God’s Bypass of Elites (Bowen). It might stem from an adolescent difficulty with authority, that some people never get over. Atheism is rather new to the human scene. Everybody in town on that Palm Sunday knew he existed. Because that is what the old story is all about – God. One week a year God is supposed to get a fighting chance for our attention. 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 Riding the Donkey in Life (Bowen). Mark's Gospel reports, "When his friends heard it, they went out to seize him: for they said, 'He is insane.' The scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, 'He has Beelzebul.' Teachers of the Law were shocked by his disrespect for their religious traditions. Crowds came to hear his message of God's love. 1 Corinthians 1:18 God’s Foolishness (Gerhardy). We are all one as we are one in the Lord-or should be. In Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female. In Christ there is no north or south, no east or west. In Christ divisions between church bodies, races, backgrounds, educational levels, incomes, political affiliation, break down-or should. 
1 Corinthians 1:10-18 Same Mind, Same Purpose (Kegel)Ĭhrist is the center of our faith-the center of our Church.If we will open our hearts this season to receive it, appearances to the contrary, God will indeed dwell with us. The hope that marks this special season is not generated by us. 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Appearances to the Contrary (Hyde)Īppearances to the contrary, God will come to us again in human flesh and dwell among us.Let us give God the glory and place our trust in him! So let us gracefully acknowledge the source of our gifts. And God is faithful and will not stop blessing us. We are where we are because of the grace of God. 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Being Graced, and Doing It Gracefully (Stevenson).
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