Depending on how you look at current society, you may be surprised to learn that there are somewhere over 40 TV shows dedicated to courtroom proceedings spread across multiple languages and cultures.  Most of them focus on people suing each other for various reasons.  We watch as the judges interrogate each party, attempting to determine who should pay who.  The most popular of these shows average 3 million viewers per episode.  Taking people to court has been normalized and even incentivized to the point that you can become famous by filing a lawsuit.

As with most behaviors, this is nothing new.  Our legal system dates back centuries, and people were just as greedy and prideful then as they are now.  In fact, litigation was even a problem within the church, so much so that the apostle Paul felt it necessary to address this issue directly to the church in Corinth.

This week, we will continue in our series on First Corinthians, A Better Way.  Beginning in chapter 5, Paul called the church to stop acting like the world in the area of tolerating sin.  In 1 Corinthians 6:1-8, we will find Paul's rebuke of people in the church who were solving their conflict in the same way as the world: in court.  Paul is convinced that the church should decide to act differently than the world does, and he calls the Corinthians to change their ways through the power of the Holy Spirit and the presence of Jesus in their lives.  Join us as we consider how to solve conflict in the church.