Matt Dirks – 1 Corinthians 1:1-9: How do you handle messiness in life? Stress over it? Ignore it? Confront it? Embrace it? Well, we’re about to get to know the messiest folks in the New Testament, the Corinthians. They were a hot mess, and Paul waded into the mess with them. Why? Because messiness is a sign of life! Only dead people and dead churches have no messes. Paul will help us see that the way to overcome messiness in our lives (whether it’s sin, conflict, or confusion) is to remember who were are in Christ.