As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“When asked over the phone when the last time their church formally disciplined a member, 55 percent of pastors said that ‘a member has not been formally disciplined since I came as pastor nor prior as far as I know.’” CPost
From The Cripplegate, with permission.
Some believe he was the greatest tennis player of all time. He finished as the world’s top-seeded player four years in a row and spent a total of 170 weeks in that top spot. He won Wimbledon three times and the US Open four times, and finished his career with 77 singles titles and 78 doubles titles, which remains the highest men’s combined total of the Open Era.
But most of us probably don’t remember him for those stats.
We know him for his harsh words fired mercilessly at umpires in fits of outrage and unbridled temper tantrums. Who else could I be referring to other than John McEnroe?
“For many months, we have labored under the awareness that our church discipline of a year ago was a failure in many respects, not the least of which was the complete lack of biblically required restorative component, which wronged the brothers that we were attempting to help” CT
“This range of responses indicates that church discipline is not all one thing. The different responses are matched to specific kinds of offenses.” Discipline Offenses
“The choices we make in a moment involving honesty and transparency about OUR MISTAKES have incredible long term consequences.”
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