There's a church that might sound familiar to you. Members were dividing into rival camps built around celebrity pastors. A sex scandal had come to light, and many were simply dismissing it as irrelevant. Christians were suing fellow Christians in public court. The church had completely lost its witness to the outside world. Spiritual gifts were plentiful, but people were using them as status symbols to fuel pride and competition. Political and social divisions were tearing relationships apart. Some members were even openly questioning core Christian beliefs, including the resurrection of Jesus.

Sound like a headline from this week? Perhaps a mega-church scandal you read about recently?

This is actually the church at Corinth—2,000 years ago.

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