Disgrace and Spiritual Impotence: When the Church Fails to Confront Sexual Sins (1 Corinthians 5)

From www.HeartofAShepherd.com - We continue our chronological Scripture reading, focusing today on the 5th chapter of Paul's Epistle to the believers of Corinth. In 1 Corinthians 5, Paul addressed a gross immorality that the Corinthian believers tolerated under the guise of love. Rather than shame, the Corinthian church boasted of its tolerance. Paul left no doubt about what he expected--such wickedness must not be tolerated in the church (1 Corinthians 5:4).