Week 6Main Point and Overview:    Think “Sin City” Las Vegas! That was Corinth! Surrounded by prostitution, drunkenness, and gross amounts of idol worship, the Corinthians had a ton of temptation surrounding them. Even the “religions” were filled with immorality. The temple of the “love goddess” Aphrodite was in Corinth. This temple employed more than a thousand prostitutes as priestesses, and sex...  Read More

Galatians 6:1-5 Have you ever looked in the mirror just to look at something behind you? Maybe you notice the pile of dirty laundry sitting on the bed behind you. Or you try to examine your outfit just to see your kid dumping toys all over the floor behind you. See, sometimes instead of focusing on ourselves and our sin, we like to look around and focus on everyone else’s sin first.Matthew 7:3-5 s...  Read More

Matthew 5:3-4 God is here for those who are broken-hearted! Growing up my pastor at our church would say that the church is made of broken people. All of us are broken people. We all have done things that we are not proud of, we have all fallen short, sinned, and everyone one of us has had people treat us poorly or sin against us. God says that He is here to comfort those in mourning. He says thos...  Read More

2 Corinthians 2:5-11 The church in Corinth struggled with serious moral and relational problems. Paul understood that discipline was necessary to protect the purity of the church, but he also knew that restoration was essential to reflect the heart of Christ. Biblical discipline was never intended to permanently exclude a repentant believer; its goal was repentance, healing, and renewed fellowship...  Read More

Matthew 18:15-17 Confrontation is something that most of us don’t look forward to doing. The idea of addressing the wrongdoing may feel judgmental. Often believers avoid confrontation, just letting it go, or have a confrontation that is done in a public way that causes more harm than good. Neither of these solutions address the real problem. Neither of these situations are what Jesus expects out o...  Read More

1 Corinthians 5:4-5a, 6b-13 Let’s start with the elephant in the room, confronting things is not an easy thing. It takes a lot of courage to confront someone who is doing something wrong. Imagine being Paul, talking to the church in Corinth. There was open unrepentant sin that was being tolerated. In a city that wouldn’t address issues, Paul comes in and urges the believers to confront it. He tell...  Read More