No.
Excommunication is a last resort. The pendulum has gone the other way. How often have there been reports of senior ministers being caught in adultery, with financial mismanagement, abuse of their office etc. yet all swept under the carpet. Hiding sin is not the answer. If the individual remains defiant, then there is only one option. We have an in depth counselling and deliverance ministry as well as teaching how to overcome. For sure we do not expect perfect behaviour. No one would qualify to be in the Church if that was the criteria. We do expect people to marry rather than de-facto relationships, to work for a living if at all possible, to avoid divisiveness and to give to those in need, if they have the resources.
Really? "Situation ethics", I believe it's called. Society indeed changes, but that does not make wrong right or evil good. Only God's standard is acceptable and that does not change.
No. Paul warned against people who spread false teaching, who were immoral or divisive. I do not accept that the parable of the wheat and tares means that it is open slather in the body of Christ. Paul handed some over to Satan. Not exactly the "leave them alone until the very last hour" concept. The church is made of "living stones". Who would build a house partly of solid stone but with rotting wood incorporated into the structure? A building is as strong as its weakest part. So the body of Christ is just that, a spiritual building. A "stone" may not be a good fit at first, but as long as it is alive, God will cause it to fit in. (1 Peter 2:5)
Lord Jesus told the woman that He did not condemn her. How nice. People seem to forget that He also said, "Sin no more". Lord Jesus was named "Jesus" because He would save His people from their sins. To save also means to deliver. Christians should be experiencing progressive freedom from all that hinders their walk with Christ. Sure, it's a lifetime project and Christians will fail from time to time. But in no way should Christians live a knowingly sinful lifestyle.
We have told people living as man and wife that they need to marry legally - 3 couples in all. They agreed that it was necessary. We have had to tell people that they are no longer welcome at the meetings. It's difficult, especially as we are a small fellowship and one missing person is noticeable. I believe that the Church generally has lost the plot (at least in the Western world). The gospel is the gospel of the Kingdom, not a "get out of hell free" card like some cosmic monopoly game. People need to be prepared for Kingdom living. If the Church is little different from the world (and that's true in too many ways), why should the world take notice of the gospel? I'm far from a legalist, as you will know from previous discussions. Yet the Lord wants us to live in a way that shames the world and convicts unbelievers of sin.
When Jesus said sin no more, that was His invitation to turn her life around.
Jesus went down to the place of the dead, those who had ears to hear listened, those who had eyes to see followed Him out of there.
There are mainly 3 different Old Testament Hebrew words all translated into the English as (Abomination).
The text does not say it is. I've heard the pulpit paint that story, but it is not necessarily true. Since there was some time between when the 1st letter and 2nd letter was written, it is possible the person from the 1st letter could have passed away by then due to short life spans.
