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To A Church Called By God

Published: June 6, 2019, 5 p.m.

This Sunday, the Sixth Sunday of Easter, we continue to explore the letter Paul wrote to the church in the city of Corinth. As Loop prepares to transition to a new worshiping facility in June, (our first service at the new facility will be June 16) we reflect on what Paul's words to the young church in Corinth may mean for us today.  

The text we will explore together is I Corinthians 1:26-31, in which Paul continues to marvel at the backwards ways in which God is at work in the world in and through Jesus. Paul asserts that God has chosen the foolish, weak, and useless to shame the wise, the strong, and the 1%. 

Can this be true? Doesn't our chances of being chosen depend on college degrees and a strong resume? How do we make sense of the prophetic call for reversal when income inequality continues to grow?  

(5/26/19)