Don't you think these verses apply to actual sin? Adultery, fornication, stealing, cheating, lying, etc? Paul dealt with churches that were putting up with adultery and fornication and doing nothing about it.
Too often our pulpits are used as places for men to air their personal opinions and grievances. If someone had brought a sinner to this meeting, hoping to introduce them to Jesus, do they need to hear about the in-squabbling of an organization? That might have been the only opportunity some people ever had to be introduced to a Pentecostal church. Hopefully they got a good impression.
I agree that campmeetings are not the place for this.
Again, I go back to the idea that I am making a general statement here. I have never been a proponent of in-squabbling over the pulpit. However, I am also not of the opinion that the purpose of preaching is to always make everybody feel good and to leave good impressions. It just worries me that that is where we are headed.
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