Nascent Thinker | Contemplations Along The Way

Dealing with personal sin in a community

Sin, a lot of us really don’t take it seri­ously, and when we do, we have very lit­tle idea with what to do about it, espe­cially when it con­cerns the sin of another (you’ll quickly hear, “who am I to judge!”). What started out as a post on resolv­ing con­flicts has turned into a post on deal­ing with the pres­ence of sin in the church, in the life of a believer. Scrip­ture is clear, and as such, I think very offen­sive to quite a few. This is just some­thing of a brief look how to deal with sin, and we’ll do so by focus­ing on Matthew 18:15–19.

How to deal with sin: Matthew 18:15–19

15“If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in pri­vate; if he lis­tens to you, you have won your brother.“
16“But if he does not lis­ten to you, take … (Read more)