Sermons on Confrontation

Contentious Christians Introduction:  The old proverb says, “When the cat’s away, the mice will play.”  The meaning of that proverb is, of course, that when people find themselves without proper supervision, they often conduct themselves without proper decorum.  This is exactly what was happening in the church at Corinth.  Paul had founded the Church there while on his second missionary journey, and he had stayed approximately 18 months.  But other cities needed churches too, so he left the core of believers at Corinth in the…