Direct Answer
The transcript does not give modern examples, so any application must be cautious. Based on Bercot’s argument, similar toleration would involve allowing people who promote or practice immorality and idolatry to remain accepted in the church instead of being disciplined.
Support from Transcript
- Revelation is quoted as saying some held "the teaching of Balaam," which led Israel "to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit acts of immorality." - Jesus also rebuked Thyatira: "You tolerate the woman Jezebel... as she teaches and leads my bondservants astray." - Jezebel’s influence likewise resulted in people committing "acts of immorality" and eating "things sacrificed to idols." - Bercot says the Nicolaitans, according to some second-century writers, "taught and practiced wife-swapping and other immoralities." - He emphasizes that the issue was not theology but "immorality and/or idolatry." - He says such people "needed to be put out of the church."
Discussion Follow-ups
The chapter does not mention grace, love, or freedom as excuses, but it clearly treats toleration of persistent immorality and idolatry as a serious failure.