Church Discipline
A man in the Corinthian church is living in sexual sin. Everyone knows about, but no one wants to do anything about it, and on purpose! They think that tolerating sin is an indication of “unconditional love.” In reality, it’s an indication of spiritual immaturity. The Corinthian believers don’t understand that true love is about […]
When Wisdom Seems Foolish
The church at Corinth was relying too much on the wisdom and philosophy of the world. As a result, they were looking more “worldly” than they were “spiritual” inside and outside the church. Paul spends considerable time addressing their problems of divisions, quarreling, immorality, lawsuits, drunkenness, and misunderstandings about marriage, the Lord’s Supper, and spiritual […]