An Arrogant Church Enables the Wicked

Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you.  (1 Corinthians 4:18  ESV) It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let… Continue reading An Arrogant Church Enables the Wicked

Thursday Thought — Deception through Flattery

They make much of you, but for no good purpose.  They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. (Galatians 4:17 ESV) Paul is cluing these clueless Galatians — and us — into the methods and motive of the abusive man who comes into the church to enslave Christ's people.  The… Continue reading Thursday Thought — Deception through Flattery