Sermon
Run to Win the Prize
Stonebrook Community Church
Speaker: Brad Barrett
May 3, 2026 · 35 min
DiscipleshipStewardship & GenerosityEvangelism & OutreachLeadership1 Corinthians 9:1–27Deuteronomy 25Matthew 20
Summary
Paul defends his apostolic authority and God-given right to financial support from the church, then voluntarily surrenders that right to remove obstacles to the gospel. He calls believers to run with Olympic-like zeal, yielding personal rights freely to win more souls for Christ.
Highlights
I've become all things to all people so that I may by every possible means save some.
Paul is willing to lay that aside. That's his point, and he's calling us, what rights in your life are there that might become obstacles to winning more people?
Everything else in life doesn't really matter that much. Christianity is not to be our hobby. It's not to be one more activity we put into our busy schedules.