Introduction

philip: What healthy role does shame play in the life of the church to day? And who here is the object of the shame according to paul, in this particular text? john: We can sometimes fall into the trap of thinking that if it's always good to move beyondsh then shame must always be a bad thing. That would be like saying we should always seek healing from having our skin cut, therefore surgery is always a bad things. But given the reality of disease,. being cut by a knife may become a kind of good thing because of what it leads to, namely, healing.