Church Discipline

Following Christ in the Practice of Church Discipline

By Ronnie W. Rogers / June 17, 2022 / Comments Off on Following Christ in the Practice of Church Discipline

If the SBC valued church discipline in the way that Christ does, I suggest we would not find ourselves in our current hour of distress. Moreover, if we do not begin to value and follow His commands on how to deal with unrepented of sin in the church, we shall never free ourselves from our…

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The Great Commission and Church Discipline

By Ronnie W. Rogers / October 24, 2021 / Comments Off on The Great Commission and Church Discipline

The Great Commission is talked about, promoted, and extolled, and rightly so.[1] The Great Commission is the mandate given by Jesus to the church (Matt 28:18-20). If someone preaches about reaching people with the gospel, everyone is rightly excited and supportive—even though some may not actually contribute more than an expected amen. When someone is…

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The Five Reasons for Church Discipline

By Ronnie W. Rogers / March 11, 2019 / Comments Off on The Five Reasons for Church Discipline

I have led churches to practice church discipline for over thirty years now, and I do not see the need for church discipline to be any less today than in years past. If anything, the need has increased. Church discipline can be understood as the biblical attitude and actions of the local church that enable…

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Church Discipline Requires a Tender Heart – Love Not Legalism

By Ronnie W. Rogers / February 25, 2019 / Comments Off on Church Discipline Requires a Tender Heart – Love Not Legalism

A biblical attitude is crucial to the whole process of church discipline. If the attitude of those implementing discipline is not right, then what God designed to be a beautiful act of selfless love is transformed into an ugly act of power, even if all the other instructions are followed to the letter. The offspring…

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Upon Whom Shall We Exercise Church Discipline?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 16, 2018 / Comments Off on Upon Whom Shall We Exercise Church Discipline?

I remember the first time we implemented church discipline in my former church. It was the greatest spiritual challenge the church had faced. The process took over a year, and it ended with removing a young lady and others leaving because of her removal. But that was not to be the end of the story.…

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The Practical Reasons for the Banishment of Church Discipline Answered

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 9, 2018 / Comments Off on The Practical Reasons for the Banishment of Church Discipline Answered

I have practiced church discipline for over thirty years, and here are some of the practical reasons often posed to me against the practice of church discipline. It was abused in the past When the subject of church discipline surfaces, someone will inevitably point to the abuses of the past as reason enough to squelch…

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Liberated through Discipline: The Five Kinds of Discipline

By Ronnie W. Rogers / April 2, 2018 / Comments Off on Liberated through Discipline: The Five Kinds of Discipline

The term discipline, both in the Bible and in everyday usage, displays various nuances depending on the particular biblical or life context. The ideas communicated by discipline are that of chastening, instruction, nurturing, training, correction, reproof, and punishment. In the negative sense, the idea of punishment is most prominent. In the positive sense, things like…

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The Friendship of Church Discipline and the Gospel

By Ronnie W. Rogers / November 13, 2017 / Comments Off on The Friendship of Church Discipline and the Gospel

The Friendship of Church Discipline and the Gospel On one occasion, the chief priests and elders approached Jesus while he was teaching and asked him, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?” (Matt 21:23). While it is obvious that the priests and elders were disputing rather than making…

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How Did the Church Lose the Will to Follow Christ in Church Discipline?

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 14, 2015 / Comments Off on How Did the Church Lose the Will to Follow Christ in Church Discipline?

How does it happen? A path all to often followed over an extended period of time might look something like this. The nefarious process begins with a subtle loss of desire for holiness, then an equally slight emphasis on something else that is spiritual, which seems to balance the scales from the injustice of selectively…

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Undermining the Gospel: The Case and Guide for Church Discipline

By Ronnie W. Rogers / December 7, 2015 / Comments Off on Undermining the Gospel: The Case and Guide for Church Discipline

This book has been unavailable for a few months as I went through the process of both updating it and changing publishers. It is now available from WestBow publisher. You may purchase it as WestBow, Amazon or Trinity Baptist Church among other internet book stores.

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