In Paul’s two letters to the church in Corinth, there is a scandalous event that is addressed. 1 Corinthians is basically a letter that addresses a laundry list of questions from the church, probably asked in a letter he had received from the church. One question concerns a man who had become romantically involved with his father’s wife, his own step-mother. The church had already talked to the guy about his behavior and he was uninterested in changing. Paul’s direction for the church is pretty straightforward: show the guy the door. Don’t tolerate that kind of behavior in your community. Unin...
