The Ethics of Shunning
How should the church deal with flagrant sins of professing Christians?
It’s come up on the show before, but this time Andrew and Matt are going to settle this once and for all, with some help from Alastair. How should the church deal with flagrant sins of professing Christians?
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The episode where it all started
I Corinthians 5:11
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