Church Discipline
I just read a very nice column/blog entry by Dr. Albert Mohler on the subject of church discipline. Dr. Mohler is a frequent guest on Issues, Etc. as well as being the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. More importantly, Dr. Mohler has proven himself to be a solid Christian man — one who is surprisingly Lutheran for a Southern Baptist! 
In this commentary, Dr. Mohler does a commendable job of outlining just how we’ve fallen away from the practice of church discipline, and just what that fall has cost us. While Dr. Mohler doesn’t discuss Lutherans and/or the LCMS specifically, and though his Southern Baptist/Evangelical historical context does run the risk of being somewhat overly pietistic, his general points are good, and amply borne out by an examination of the LCMS. We in Missouri are currently reaping the harvest of a 30-60 year period of unwillingness to engage in loving church discipline. This unwillingness has cost us more than I can ever adequately describe, not the least of which is the ability to proudly state that our “walking together” is based solely on the clear & comforting Word of God. We’re divided and in turmoil — our tolerance of decidedly non-orthopraxis has belied our “official” doctrinal stances.
Would that the leaders in Missouri learn from what Dr. Mohler has written!
-ghp
UPDATE: The rest of Dr. Mohler’s fine four-part series on Church Discipline, can be found in parts two, three, and four — check them out & you’ll be glad you did!
-ghp
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