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Handbook of Church Discipline: A Right and Privilege of Every Church Member is unavailable, but you can change that!

This is a handbook for pastors, elders, and all Christians who want to see how Scripture presents the process of discipline that should operate in the Christian community. It was written in response to the various concerns that threaten to tear apart marriages, families, friendships, and congregations--concerns that call for a biblical approach to discipline that can heal fractures, restore right...

course, and cease being a student. No, there is nothing like that in the Bible. Rather, the entire course of one’s Christian life is described as a learning experience in the school of Christ. Notice the educational language in Christ’s invitation: “learn from Me,” “Put My yoke on you.” The latter expression was used by the Jews to describe one’s submission to a teacher as he became his disciple (cf. Lamentations 3:27; Sirach 51:23-26; 6:24). In Sirach 51:23, 26, for instance, we read, “Draw near to me,