The Church in Sin City

In ancient Greece, Corinth was a major seaport city that became both prosperous and licentious. It was a center of wealth, entertainment, military power, and cult religion, but also intellectual pride and moral laxity, prompting the phrase “living like a Corinthian” to become an insult cast upon vagrants, drunkards, and sexual deviants.

This was the culture into which the gospel of Jesus Christ penetrated through the preaching ministry of the Apostle Paul in the middle of the 1st century AD, but it’s not too hard to see the parallels to the culture in which American Christians find themselves today. The problems that plagued the Corinthian church continue to crop up in our own congregations. Snobbishness, factionalism, insensitivity to other believers, doctrinal looseness, and more all flourished in the Corinthian church, making the Apostle’s letter particularly relevant to contemporary times.

“The Church in Sin City” is a sermon series that looks at the variety of problems within the Corinthian church, as well as the solutions proffered by the Apostle Paul, with the goal of better understanding how to live as Christians in a corrupt society.

Series Playlist

The Church in Sin City

Who Are You Following?

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Who Are You Following?

Feb 26, 2023 • 41:43

Speaker: Karl Bowden Series: The Church in Sin City Scripture: I Corinthians 1:10-31 Author Recent Posts Sean ScribnerLead Pastor at Elizabeth City EMCPastor Sean is the Lead Pastor at EMC. He and his wife Rebecca have three children - Savannah, Nathan, and William. Latest posts by Sean Scribner (see all) The…
Sin in the Camp

Mar 5, 2023 • 47:01

What needs to happen at any church where sin is dismissed, swept under the rug, or even celebrated? It needs to repent, recover God’s own perspective, and go to whatever lengths necessary to become the community God has called it to be. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Church in Sin City…
His Body, His Choice

Mar 12, 2023 • 48:21

The church must stand firm on the biblical truth regarding human sexuality, speaking truth in love. Speaker: Sean Scribner Series: The Church in Sin City Scripture: I Corinthians 6:12-20 Author Recent Posts Sean ScribnerLead Pastor at Elizabeth City EMCPastor Sean is the Lead Pastor at EMC. He and his wife Rebecca…
Idols

Mar 19, 2023 • 40:50

Speaker: Robert Jackson Series: The Church in Sin City Scripture: I Corinthians 10:14-22 Author Recent Posts Sean ScribnerLead Pastor at Elizabeth City EMCPastor Sean is the Lead Pastor at EMC. He and his wife Rebecca have three children - Savannah, Nathan, and William. Latest posts by Sean Scribner (see all) The…
Rules for Life Together

Mar 26, 2023 • 53:37

The attitude of Christ himself lies at the heart of true Christian freedom. It is an attitude that enables us to be so free from the self, so willingly surrendered to God, and so radically others-oriented that we will do all things for God’s glory and man’s salvation. Speaker: Sean…
Attitudes at the Supper Table

Apr 2, 2023 • 43:53

The Christian church envisioned by the Apostle Paul is one that shares deep, intimate, abiding union and fellowship with Christ and with one another, proclaiming the truths of the Gospel with integrity. Nowhere else is this better expressed than in the worship and fellowship at the Lord’s table. Speaker: Sean…
The Consequences of Resurrection

Apr 9, 2023 • 44:39

What is the hope for a person bound in sin, lost in darkness, and powerless to do anything about it? What is the hope for a church rife with division, factions, and immorality? What is the hope for a broken world doomed for destruction, in desperate need of repair, and…