Guest: Rod Bajema, Lucas Frank, Nick Gutwein, Greg Lehman

Show notes:

• Affirmations and cautions around doctrine of discipline.
• Should not be used to manipulate or punish.
• God ultimately punishes unrepentant sin in judgement.
• Caution against the thought that God will not punish unrepentant sin.
• Affirm that God wants a right relationship with Him.
• Affirm God's design that we be in community.
• "Love in the presence of humility brings healing".
• "We can't share more love than we have received".
• Affirm that we must be willing to receive love.
• Corrective discipline takes time.
• Sanctification is accomplished by the Holy Spirit.
• Spiritual disciplines help us receive God's grace.
• Caution against checking boxes of spiritual disciplines; they are not for justification before God.
• Spiritual disciplines should bring humility.
• Corporate discipline in the Church: the entire Body should be involved in Church discipline.
• Don't want to isolate individuals or publically humiliate.
• Don't want to hide sin to avoid conflict.
• Perfect love does not give in to fear, but leans into individuals and their families.
• Our desire (and God's) is a glorious Church.