S4:282 1 Corinthians 7-11

Join The Journey

Watermark Community Church, Dallas, TX

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Christian, Bible, Devotional

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🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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"How should we understand Paul's counsel in chapter 7 about staying single ‘because of the present distress’? In chapters 8–10, Paul talks about food offered to idols, liberty, and not causing others to stumble. How do these principles guide us in modern issues where Christians disagree on gray areas? How should the church today approach communion with the reverence and unity Paul calls for? In today's episode, Emma Dotter talks with Watermark member, Callie Nixon, about 1 Corinthians 7-11 and discuss the topics of singleness, marraige, living as an encouragement to others, and partaking in communion with reverence. Callie reminds us that these chapters reflect the love Christ has for us as we are instructed for right living with him. To learn about Watermark's position on Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage: https://assets.ctfassets.net/hw5pse7y1ojx/1lNURXianWxMiOPnvJ9vLn/d070130ff200b68411cf3c487764a4f4/Marriage__Divorce__Remarriage.pdf To listen to T.A.'s teaching on Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage: https://www.watermark.org/message/12310-marriage-divorce-and-remarriage-biblical-love-in-marriage-part-2 You can also check out the Join The Journey Jr. Podcast: Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/join-the-journey-junior/id1660089898 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6SG7aaE1ZjjFkgB34G8zp3?si=c960a63736904665 Check out the Join The Journey Website for today's devotional and more resources! https://www.jointhejourney.com/ Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Watermark-Community-Church/author/B0BRYP5MQK?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1755623322&sr=8-1&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=8aeeec3b-6c1c-416d-87ae-5dfbbb6981df"

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0:00.0	All right, all right, join the Journey family, friends, and guests.
0:04.5	You're listening to Join the Journey podcast with your host, Emma, daughter.
0:09.2	Thanks for joining.
0:10.2	Today, we are reading 1st Corinthians 7 through 11.
0:13.2	I am in the podcast studio with faithful watermark member, Callie Nixon.
0:17.8	What's up?
0:18.5	Hi, Emma.
0:19.1	Callie, it is great to have you back on a podcast.
0:21.7	I love being here.
0:22.7	We did all to get to know you stuff ages ago. We'll link those old episodes. Ages. Ages. I think we should just jump right in. Does that sound good? Oh, there's so much good stuff. You are going to have to stop me today, girl. All right, here we go. let's start in chapter seven
0:35.9	Paul gives this extensive teaching
0:38.4	on marriage and singleness
0:39.5	everyone's favorite topics
0:40.8	how All right, here we go. Let's start in chapter 7. Paul gives this extensive teaching on marriage and singleness, everyone's favorite topics.
0:41.0	How should we understand this council about staying single because of the present distress?
0:45.9	But then maybe we should focus more on how these principles apply to Christians specifically regarding marriage and singleness today.
0:56.6	Yeah. So at any point, feel the freedom to pull me off my soapbox because I think somewhere along the lines, the church forgot
1:04.3	1st Corinthians 7 as it regards to singleness. Now, there's a ton we could get into about marriage,
1:09.4	divorce, and remarriage that we're going to let the elders.
1:12.0	They've already tackled that. It's incredible. Yes. We'll link the PDF from TA's sermon and their statement on that.
1:17.7	I love it. But when I think about singleness in the church, oh my gosh, it is unbelievable what young people accomplish for the kingdom of God when they are not anchored
1:31.2	in marriage. Now, marriage is a blessing. It, in healthy places, it shows a hurting world that there is
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