Is It Loving To Practice Church Discipline

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433532360
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Church Discipline written by Jonathan Leeman and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More and more church leaders, pastors, and members are looking for guidance on how to practice church discipline in a biblical way. Here is a contemporary and concise how-to guide that provides a theological framework for understanding and implementing disciplinary measures in the local church, along with several examples of real-life situations. Drawing on both Matthew 18 and 1 Corinthians 5, this brief hardback helps leaders face the endless variety of circumstances and sins for which no exact scriptural case study exists, sins which don't show up on any list and need a healthy framework to be corrected appropriately in love. This volume is part of the 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches series. Look for upcoming, quick-read formats of the following marks of a healthy church: expositional preaching, biblical theology, the gospel, conversion, evangelism, church membership, discipleship and growth, and church leadership.

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433570289
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is It Loving to Practice Church Discipline? written by Jonathan Leeman and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. Church Questions is a series by 9Marks that seeks to provide Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions about church life. Each booklet offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. In this concise booklet, Jonathan Leeman presents succinct biblical answers to various questions posited about the nature and application of church discipline, conveying that Scripture presents church discipline as both loving and necessary for yielding life, health, holiness, and growth in the local church body.

Author : J. Carl Laney
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725227878
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Guide to Church Discipline written by J. Carl Laney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fears of disunity, conflict and even legal problems have caused many church leaders to avoid confronting Christians who are living in sin. Challenging the church's reluctance, Dr. Laney provides a biblical, practical and loving handbook for pastors and lay leaders alike on church discipline.

Author : Eric J. Bargerhuff
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1606085611
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love that Rescues written by Eric J. Bargerhuff and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age where "church discipline" has fallen out of favor in the context of many churches, Eric Bargerhuff calls the church to a deeper understanding of its nature and purpose as an expression of God's "fatherly love" towards his people. As a biblically mandated activity instituted by Christ himself in Matthew 18, church discipline is an essential practice of any faithful church that is committed to sharing the Gospel and making disciples. Tackling some of the false notions and assumptions surrounding church discipline, Bargerhuff sets forth a historical, biblical, theological, and practical position that centers its identity and purpose on a proper understanding of the cross of Christ. Since the punitive wrath of God was poured out for sin on the cross of Jesus Christ (a penal substitutionary atonement), it is therefore necessary to reject the notion that church discipline is "punishment," but rather it should be seen as God's hand of forgiveness and grace extended for the purpose of restoring, reconciling, and rescuing one of his own, a "sheep that has gone astray." It is to be regarded as God's love in the actions of a forgiven and forgiving community.

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546841319
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pastoral Moves - 9Marks Journal written by Jonathan Leeman and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-20 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quick, before you make another move, pastor, read this Journal!If you're thinking of leaving your church for another, start with Michael Lawrence's article on leaving wisely. In fact, look at Matt Schmucker's even before you think about leaving. Have you looked yet? Okay, what about now? I've seen enough pastors come and go to know that Lawrence and Schmucker just might shift your paradigm.Or maybe the process of searching has begun. Mark De-ver, Bobby Jamieson, Walter Price, and Dennis Newkirk will help you to avoid common mis-takes and pursue the next pastor wisely.Then again, maybe you should not make a move at all. Jeramie Rinne and Mark Dever will tell you why. Pastor Rinne, in fact, would rather see you dead right where you are. What a pastor!

Author : Jonathan Leeman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433689049
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Church Discipline written by Jonathan Leeman and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should we actually practice church discipline today? Is it unloving? Once an ordinary part of church life, churches gradually stopped practicing church discipline in the 20th century. But Jesus commands it. Paul practiced it. And churches benefit from it. Why practice church discipline? It shows love for the individual caught in sin, love for the whole church, love for non-Christian neighbors, and love for the glory of Christ.

Author : Bobby Jamieson
Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433525550
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Guarding One Another written by Bobby Jamieson and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2012-04-30 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Groups will work through questions as they discover the role of church discipline, seeing and practicing it in a gracious and loving way. A series of ten 6–7 week studies covering the nine distinctives of a healthy church as originally laid out in Nine Marks of a Healthy Church by Mark Dever. This series explores the biblical foundations of key aspects of the church, helping Christians to live out those realities as members of a local body. Conveniently packaged and accessibly written, the format of this series is guided, inductive discussion of Scripture passages and is ideal for use in Sunday school, church-wide studies, or small group contexts.

Author : Daniel E. Wray
Publisher : Banner of Truth
ISBN 13 : 9780851512693
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biblical Church Discipline written by Daniel E. Wray and published by Banner of Truth. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is church discipline and how can it be put into practice?

Author : Eric J. Bargerhuff
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725244853
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love that Rescues written by Eric J. Bargerhuff and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age where "church discipline" has fallen out of favor in the context of many churches, Eric Bargerhuff calls the church to a deeper understanding of its nature and purpose as an expression of God's "fatherly love" towards his people. As a biblically mandated activity instituted by Christ himself in Matthew 18, church discipline is an essential practice of any faithful church that is committed to sharing the Gospel and making disciples. Tackling some of the false notions and assumptions surrounding church discipline, Bargerhuff sets forth a historical, biblical, theological, and practical position that centers its identity and purpose on a proper understanding of the cross of Christ. Since the punitive wrath of God was poured out for sin on the cross of Jesus Christ (a penal substitutionary atonement), it is therefore necessary to reject the notion that church discipline is "punishment," but rather it should be seen as God's hand of forgiveness and grace extended for the purpose of restoring, reconciling, and rescuing one of his own, a "sheep that has gone astray." It is to be regarded as God's love in the actions of a forgiven and forgiving community.

Author : Wyman Lewis Richardson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498276172
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking Together written by Wyman Lewis Richardson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking Together: A Congregational Reflection on Biblical Church Discipline is a study of the biblical concept of church discipline. It seeks to show that church discipline, rightly understood, is a ministry of mercy and grace that will bless churches that return to it. Walking Together reveals that church discipline was a ministry that was very important to earlier believers, and that the modern church has abandoned it to her own detriment. It is a clarion call for individuals and churches to come back to this vital but long-neglected aspect of congregational and personal life. By doing so, churches can be healed and interpersonal relationships can be restored.