Podcast – Great Bible Truths with Dr David Petts

Talk 15:  Women and Men in Worship (11:2-16)   Paul leaves the matter of meat offered to idols and turns his attention to the subject of public worship. This important theme occupies the next four chapters which deal with head-coverings, the Lord’s Supper and the right use of spiritual gifts in all of which the…

Talk 14.   No going to idol temples (10:14-11:1)   As we have seen in recent talks, in chapter 8 Paul brought out the general principle that there are some things that are quite lawful but from which we should abstain for the sake of weaker Christians.   This theme is partly continued in chapter 9…

Talk 13.   Warnings from Israel’s History (10:1-11:1)   In chapter 8 Paul brought out the general principle that there are some things that are quite lawful but from which we should abstain for the sake of weaker Christians.   This theme is partly continued in chapter 9 where he points out that he has certain…

Talk 12.  Paul defends his Apostleship (9:1-27)   In this chapter Paul continues his theme of love not insisting on its own rights.  In vv 1-14, he talks about his rights as an apostle and in vv. 15-27 explains why he does not choose to exercise those rights.    In this chapter, as in the…

Talk 11   Love, the Basis of Christian Behaviour (8:1-13)   Introduction to Chapters 8-10   The main theme of chapters 8-10 is that love does not insist on its own rights (cf. 13:5  Amplified Bible).    This principle is applied to the question of meat offered to idols in chapters 8 and 10 and to…

One of Paul’s purposes in writing 1 Corinthians was to answer certain questions about which they had written to him.  The first of these was on the subject of marriage and Paul devotes the whole of Chapter 7 in giving his answer.

Talk 9:  Dealing with Immorality (Part 2)   Welcome to talk 9 in our series on 1 Corinthians. Today we are in chapter 6. As we saw last time, in chapter 5 Paul has been dealing with a very serious case of sexual immorality within the church. He teaches the Corinthians that they must judge…

Talk 8: Dealing with Immorality (5:1-13) Chapters 1-4 have dealt with divisions in the church. Now in Chapters 5-6 Paul turns to the serious matter of immorality. The two chapters may be divided into four main sections:           Sexual immorality must be put out of the church (5:1-13)           Christians have a responsibility to judge…

Talk 7: The Privileges and Responsibilities of Church Leadership   Chapter 4 forms the final part of the opening section of Paul’s letter in which he deals with divisions in the church. The divisions have been based largely on personalities and it is with this subject that the chapter opens. Paul is appealing to the…