First Corinthians
First-century Corinth was the leading commercial center of southern Greece.  The city was infamous for its immorality and paganism.  But in spite of great obstacles, Paul was able to plant a Christian church there on his second missionary journey (Acts 18:1-17).  Though gifted and growing, the church was plagued with problems; moral and ethical, doctrinal and practical corporate and private.  Paul writes the letter of First Corinthians to deal with some of these disorders, and to answer questions which the Christians in Corinth had raised on crucial issues.
Focus	Answer to Chloe's Report of Divisions		Answer to Report of Fornication			Answer to Letter of Questions
	1:1           4:21		5:1                  6:20			7:1                                                   16:24
Divisions	Report of Divisions	Reason for Divisions	Incest	Litigation between Believers	Sexual Immorality	Counsel Concerning Marriage	Counsel Connecting Things Offered to Idols	Counsel Concerning Public Worship	Counsel Concerning Resurrection	Counsel Concerning Collection for Jerusalem
	1:1      1:17	1:18    4:21	5:1      5:13	6:1     6:11	6:12    6:20	7:1    7:40	8:1      11:1	11:2 14:40	15:1  15:50	16:1   16:24
Topics	Divisions in the Church		Disorder in the Church			Difficulties in the Church
	Concern		Condemnation			Counsel
Place	Written in Ephesus
Time	c.A.D. 56

Pastor Duckett preached from I Corinthians on Sunday, November 17, 2013 

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First Samuel
Samuel, the last judge and first great prophet in Israel, anoints the first king.  Though Saul's physical credentials are impressive, his indifferent heart attitude toward God results in the kingdom being taken away from his family.  In his place Samuel anoints young David as the king-elect.  David becomes a growing threat to the insanely jealous Saul, eventually fleeing to the wilderness for his very life.  But God's hand of protection is clearly upon David, even as God's hand of judgment is being felt by Saul and his family.  Foolishly consulting a medium at En Dor, Saul hears his own doom pronounced.  True to the prophet's word, Saul and his sons are killed the next day in combat.
Focus	Samuel		Saul
	1:1                           7:17		8:1                                         31:13
Divisions	Transition of Leadership #1 Eli - Samuel	Judgeship of Samuel	Transition of Leadership #2 Samuel - Saul	Reign of Saul	Transition of Leadership #3 Saul - David
	1:1        3:21	4:1             7:17	8:1   12:25	13:1  15:9	15:10     31:13
Topics	Decline of Judges		Rise of Kings
	Eli	Samuel	Saul		David
	1:1        3:21	4:1          7:17	8:1                         15:9		15:10        31:13
Place	Canaan
Time	c. 94 Years

Pastor Duckett preached from I Samuel on November 10, 2013.

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Acts
Luke begins the Book of Acts where he left off in his gospel.  Acts records the initial fulfillment of the Great Commission of Matthew 28:19-20 as it traces the beginning and growth of the New Testament church.  Christ's last words before His ascension were so perfectly realized in the Book of Acts that they effectively and concisely outline its contents:  " ' You shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem [chs. 1-7], and in all Judea and Samaria [chs. 8-12] and to the end of the earth [chs. 13-28]' " (1:8), Thus, Acts traces the rapid expansion of the gospel, beginning in Jerusalem and spreading throughout the Roman Empire.
Focus	Witness in Jerusalem		Witness in Judea & Samaria	Witness to the Ends of the Earth
	1:1                            8:4		8:5    12:25	13:1                    28:31
Divisions	Power of the Church	Progress of the Church	Expansion of the Church	Paul's Three Journeys	Paul's Three Trials
	1:1       2:47	3:1      8:4	8:5      2:25	13:1  21:16	21:17  28:31
Topics	Jews		Samaritans	Gentiles
	Peter		Philip	Paul
Place	Jerusalem		Judea & Samaria	Uttermost Part
Time	2 Years (A.D. 33-35)		13 Years (A.D. 35-48	14 Years (A.D. 48-62)

 Sunday, November 3, 2013, Pastor Duckett preached from the book of Acts.

John
The Gospel of John is a gospel apart.  Matthew, Mark, and Luke are called the synoptic gospels because, despite their individual emphases, they describe many of the same events in the life of Jesus of Nazareth.  John draws mainly upon events and discourses not found in the other gospels to prove to his readers that Jesus is God in the flesh, the eternal Word come to earth, born to die as God's sacrifice for human sin.  Seven miraculous signs prove that "Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you  may have life in His name" (20:31).  No finer gospel tract has ever been penned than John's inspired account of Christ's life, death and resurrection.
Focus	Incarnation of the Son of God	Presentation of the Son of God	Opposition to the Son of God	Preparation of the Son's Disciples	Crucifixion and Resurrection of the Son of God
	1:1       1:18	1:19     4:54	5:1     12:50	13:1    17:26	18:1     21:25
Divisions	Introduction to Christ	Revelation of Christ	Rejection of Christ	Revelation from Christ	Rejection of Christ
	1:1     1:18	1:19    4:54	5:1   12:50	13:1  17:26	18:1  21:25
Topics	Seven Miracles			Upper Room Discourse	Supreme Miracle
	"That You May Believe"			"That You May Have Life"
Place	Israel
Time	A Few Years			A Few Hours	A Few Weeks

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