Guarding One Another: Church Discipline
Overview
While church discipline is never easy, it is sometimes a necessary, albeit painful, part of the Christian life. This helpful study guide tackles the difficult topic in six chapters designed to focus discussion on the interpretation and application of biblical texts. Participants will discover the role of church discipline and learn how to practice it in a gracious and loving way.
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- Explores the difficult topic of church discipline
- Discusses the the interpretation and application of biblical texts
- Works for both church-wide and small-group studies
- Is Discipline Loving?
- Formative Discipline: Building Up the Church
- Dealing with Sin, Part 1
- Dealing with Sin, Part 2
- Dealing with Sin, Part 3
- Repentance and Restoration
Top Highlights
“In keeping with the storyline of the entire Bible, then, church discipline is the act of excluding an individual who carelessly brings disrepute onto the gospel and shows no commitment to doing otherwise. Discipline helps the church to reflect God’s glorious character faithfully. It helps the church to remain holy. It’s an attempt to polish the mirror and remove any specks (see 2 Cor. 6:14–7:1; 13:2; 1 Tim. 6:3–5; 2 Tim. 3:1–5). Why discipline? So that the holy and loving character of God might appear more clearly and shine more brightly.” (Page 12)
“how to build one another up in the church (what theologians call ‘formative discipline’).” (Page 9)
“Biblical church discipline is simple obedience to God and a confession that we need help” (Page 15)
“Humanity—Adam and Eve—didn’t display his glory, so he excluded them from the garden.” (Page 11)
“In some ways, confronting sin in others’ lives—what we’ve referred to as corrective discipline—is like surgery. It’s painful. It takes a skillful hand. No one looks forward to it. Yet the health of the whole church requires it. And when we obey God and discipline one another in this way, it can bring great blessing for everyone involved.” (Page 25)
- Title: Guarding One Another: Church Discipline
- Author: Bobby Jamieson
- Series: 9Marks Healthy Church Study Guides
- Publisher: Crossway
- Print Publication Date: 2012
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Pages: 64
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Church discipline
- Resource ID: LLS:GRDNGNNTHR
- Resource Type: text.monograph.study-guide
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