Rebuke and Exhortation

Church discipline needs to become a daily reality in which rebuke and exhortation are normal.  Without this, any form of confrontation will itself create a sense of crisis.

Total Church, p 119

Comments

[Erick C.]

Steve,
Thanks for the reminder! A people-pleaser like me can never hear this too much.

This was also helpful from Paul Tripp: "Confrontation is meant to be more of a lifestyle than an unusual event. Confrontation is difficult when it is not a normal part of our experience. Sometimes it is so rare that we lack the neccessary understanding, expectations, and skills." (Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands, p. 204)

Confrontation as a lifestyle, not an unusual event. Nice.

Erick.

[Rob]

Steve,
Great quote. If the book is like this throughout, I gotta get it.