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In the famous “Love” passage in 1 Corinthians, Paul poetically exclaims the highest calling of love–a challenge and calling to the Corinthians to turn from their divisions and live for love of one another. All of us long for love and the God of love–we are made to know and live in both.

In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul is correcting division in the church based on expressions of giftings from the Spirit that caused some to view themselves as superior. All have the same Spirit, who gifts all in different ways, but no part is more important in the Body of Christ–in Christ, all are equal. Rather the […]

1 Corinthians 11 & Matthew 5 On the 8th Anniversary of CCV, Johnny Kurcina looks at Paul & Jesus’ vision for the people of God and applies it Christ Church Vienna and its identity and calling as a church community.

Paul addresses the issue of meat sacrificed to idols and calls on the “strong” of conscience to constrain their rights and freedoms out of loving concern for the “weak” in the church. Christians are to willingly give up what is theirs for the sake of others and the gospel.

In 1 Corinthians 7, Paul addresses singles and married people, calling them to faithfulness to their current station in life and devotion and service to the Lord. The way he elevates singleness challenges the modern church’s emphasis on nuclear families and calls us to find ways to cultivate deeper friendships and extended family community in […]

Isaiah 6:1-8 & Luke 22:44-49 How do we keep the gospel fire burning? A renewed vision of the greatness of Christ, a renewed compassion for the lost and a renewed readiness for the gospel. Using Isaiah’s vision and calling in Isaiah 6, The Rev. Lewis Lew, Assoc. Dir. of Missions for the Diocese of Singapore […]

1 Corinthians 6:12-20 Sex is an issue that the church has handled poorly, and many have been hurt. But sex is an issue about which Christianity is clear.  So  how do we decide what is good and right and true with regards to our sexuality? Paul calls the church in Corinth to turn from sexual […]

Victor Boutros, co-founder of the Human Trafficking Institute, shares about the evil of modern day slavery, the fight to end it globally, and God’s heart for the poor and oppressed.

The Corinthian church has broken into factions–seeking honor and status by their associations and exclusions. Paul admonishes them for thinking humanly and following the culture to achieve status, rather than letting the cross of Christ be the source of their worth and the foundation for their community.

Paul writes to a church in Corinth who is a relational mess. He calls them to the gospel in order to re-orient their relational unity. In the coming years, Christ Church Vienna is being called to cultivate deeper and wider Community–friendships with one another based on the gospel.

Israel refuses to wait for Moses to come down from Sinai. They fashion a Golden Calf, a god like the surrounding nations, call it Yahweh their deliverer and worship it. We too fashion God in our image, assuming he must fit our culture’s views, but in doing so we reject the true God and worship […]

The Lord instructs Israel to build a Tabernacle–that worship of God would be at the center of their life and that He might dwell with his people. God dwelling with us is a theme running through Redemptive History and calling God’s people out into mission.