This teaching was given by pastor Barry on 7th January 2024. 1 Corinthians chapter 7 is one of those chapters we don’t readily go to if we want to preach a good ol’ gospel message! It is probably fair to say that, unless your church teaches expositionaly (chapter-by-chapter, verse-by-verse) through the Bible, your pastor will more […]
What does it mean to be a Christian? How should a Christian differ from those in the world around us? In this study of 1 Corinthains chapter 6, pastor Barry takes us through this chapter vers-by-verse and highlights how Christians should stand out in today’s world in our morality, attitudes and actions. The world is […]
This study on 1 Corinthians chapter 5 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 5th November 2023. In this chapter Paul addresses two serious problems in the church at Corith. Firstly, there was a man within the fellowship in an immoral relationship, but secondly, the church had failed to do anything about it. Paul makes […]
This study of 1 Corinthians chapter 4 was given by pastor Barry Forder at Calvary Portsmouth on 29th October 2023. In this chapter, Paul continues his words of correction for the Corinthian believers who had allowed divisions to occur in the church. Paul reminds them that God’s servants are not to be exalted. Christ alone […]
This study of 1 Corinthians chapter 3 was recorded on 22nd October 2023 at Calvary Portsmouth. In this study, pastor Barry considers how Christians should have a profound sense of self-worth when we consider God’s love for us and the price God paid to purchase and redeem us. Understanding how much we mean to God […]
This study of 1 Corinthians chapter 2 was given by Pastor Barry Forder on 15th October 2023. In this study we consider the wisdom of God’s plan of redemption, hidden (but very present) in the Old Testament, but revealed in the New Testament. Through it we see the importance of the whole Bible in unveiling […]
This study of 1st Corinthains chapter 1 was given by pastor Barry Forder on 1st October 2023. In this opening chapter Paul focuses on the centrality of Christ for our salvation, sanctification, enrichment, growing in grace, sustaining and eventually to present us faultless before the throne in Heaven. Christ is our all in all. May […]
This study was given by pastor Barry on 24th September 2023 at Calvary Portsmouth. We are beginning a verse-by-verse study of Paul’s first letter to the Christians in Corinth. Paul visited three times, and in all wrote to the Christians there on four occasions – our book of ‘first Corinthians’ was actualy the second letter […]
In this study, recorded at our family service on Sunday 5th March 2017, Sim Forder (assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Deal – aka Deal Christian Fellowship) looks at the subject of Forgiveness. Using 1 Corinthians 6 as the starting point, Sim takes us through a number of scriptures that show that forgiveness is not just […]
This study, taught by Pastor Barry Forder, is the 39th session of our ‘Through-the-Bible-in-a-Year’ series recorded during 2014 as part of our Sunday morning family services. The church at Corinth was one of 7 churches that Paul writes to in the New Testament, and was founded and established by Paul, who we are told in the […]