Overview

Judge not, lest ye be judged. Matthew 7:1 has likely eclipsed John 3:16 as the most oft-quoted verse in all the Bible. Now en vogue among moral relativists is to invoke the maxim in order to slip out from under even the most biblically sound rebuke or admonition. It is in this context that the historic practice of church discipline has gradually come to be regarded as antiquated. But is church discipline so irrelevant to the well-being of the local assembly? What might we be missing in its absence?