Posted in Church, Church Discipline, Church Membership, Leadership, Matthew on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
V. Grounds for Church Discipline
There are three notable biblical grounds. First, doctrinal error or unsound teaching (cf. 1 Timothy 1:18-20). All the things that the apostle pointed out prior to verse 18 has to do with aberrant teachings that are contrary to “the faith” (v. 19). Hence, in verse 20, he [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Church, Church Discipline, Church Membership, Discipleship, Matthew on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
IV. Steps for Church Discipline
There are four-step involvements: 1) personal, 2) group, 3) corporate church, and 4) removal and excommunication. And these are taught by our Lord in Matthew 18.
Step 1: Personal (v. 15)
Please don’t say, “I’ll just pray for him.” There are times when praying is all you can do. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, College Ministry, Discipleship, High School Ministry on March 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
In addition to Top 10 Reading for Every Christian, here is my list of Top 15 Reading for Every High School and College Students:
How To Read A Book, Mortimer J. Adler & Charles Van Doren
Jonathan Edwards’ Resolutions And Advice to Young Converts, Stephen J. Nichols
Why Read the Puritans Today?, Don Kistler
Love Your God With All [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Church, Church Discipline on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
III. Reasons Why Churches Fail to Implement
Let me offer some of the popular reasons why churches fail to implement church discipline. They are not particularly in the order of importance.
First, people minimize sin. They do not call sin as sin. Rather, they label it as a bad habit, a mistake, a cultural [...]
Posted in Biblical Studies, Church, Church Discipline, Matthew on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
II. What is the Purpose of Church Discipline?
Simply, there are twofold answers: restoration and protection. Restoration is clearly mentioned by our Lord in our text, namely to win over or gain the erring brother (v. 15). It is to help the so-called brother/sister who is going astray to be reconciled to God [...]
Posted in Church, Church Discipline, Church History, Matthew, Puritans, The Heidelberg Catechism on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The subject of church discipline is one of the greatly ignored subjects in the church; and the most neglected practice in the church. However, what many churches don’t realize is that whether a church practices church discipline or not actually determines whether she is rightly qualified as a church. John Calvin has helped [...]
