If the goal of Christian counseling is discipleship - psychological, spiritual, and behavioral - then we cannot ignore the issue of church discipline. Church discipline functions like Christian courts... This description may be from another edition of this product.
The book is extremely practical, in that it clearly sees through false forgiveness. That is, attempts at forgiving when there is no real REPENTANCE of SIN. How often have we heard that we need to UNCONDITIONALLY forgive? Unconditional LOVE is taught in the Bible, but not unconditional forgiveness. True forgiveness means that we can FULLY accept a formerly sinful Christian back into fellowship, and FULL TRUST can be re-established. How many times have you heard, "we are to forgive our brother, BUT NEVER FORGET THEIR SIN." That is NOT true forgiveness. If God forgave like that, God would always keep us at arm's length. Bottom line: this book is a MUST-READ for EVERY Christian. Send a copy to every person you know that is in full-time Christian ministry. That is, if you really care for Jesus and His Church, and our witness to the unsaved!
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