{"id":5278,"date":"2014-08-14T12:29:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T18:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/?p=5278"},"modified":"2014-08-15T12:11:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T18:11:39","slug":"redemptive-suffering-and-church-discipline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.desertspringschurch.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/redemptive-suffering-and-church-discipline\/","title":{"rendered":"Redemptive Suffering and Church Discipline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday’s message, “Redemptive Suffering<\/a>,” raised the crucial though delicate\u00c2\u00a0subject of church discipline. Church discipline is that loving process whereby God, through his people, addresses us in our sin for our restoration to him, to his people, and for his glory. This is a profoundly biblical subject, it’s as serious as eternity, but it’s a topic that usually\u00c2\u00a0raises questions and needs some attention to provide a\u00c2\u00a0truly clear biblical picture.<\/p>\n

We cover this subject in some depth in our membership class, Knowing Christ, Knowing the Church<\/a>, and our commitment to one another is expressed in our\u00c2\u00a0Covenant of Fellowship<\/a>. We’ve also touched on it on the blog here over the past few years (see here<\/a> and here<\/a>). But now is a good time to hit the topic here again since in Ryan just preached on discipline.<\/p>\n

This time, we’re going to point you to a few helpful resources on the topic.\u00c2\u00a0If you had to read one article and one book, follow the first two links on this list.<\/p>\n