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Podcast: Robert Lewis Sermons
Episode: Dare to Discipline
Description: Guided Question
How does our approach to sin and church discipline reflect the biblical balance between restoration and purity—what does that mean for our local church’s health?
Summary
This sermon unpacks 1 Corinthians 5, where the apostle Paul shifts from theology to urgent, practical church governance. Responding to a case of church immorality—incest so shocking it stunned even those outside the faith—Paul calls the Corinthian believers to act decisively. Rather than offer excuses or remain indifferent, they are to remove the unrepentant offender from fellowship. This isn’t punitive isolation, but disciplined redemptive action: "deliver such a one...