http://tonymorganlive.com/2007/07/10/tell-me-your-story/ Get Your Strategy On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:26:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://tonymorganlive.com/2007/07/10/tell-me-your-story/#comment-3296 Will Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:27:22 +0000 http://tonymorgan.updatable.cc/?p=1091#comment-3296 We tend to get all panicky in church when someone isn't confronted immediately with their sin. Unfortunately, the idea of confrontation translates all too often to mean "shun them if they don't stop doing whatever they are doing". I wonder if it isn't because we like to think in terms of either/or instead of both/and. I happened to be discussing this passage of scripture this morning with a friend. His conclusion was, "God's mercy opens the door for His instruction." We can (and should) both love and "instruct". We can do both, but we can't really flip the order and instruct before loving. We tend to get all panicky in church when someone isn’t confronted immediately with their sin. Unfortunately, the idea of confrontation translates all too often to mean “shun them if they don’t stop doing whatever they are doing”. I wonder if it isn’t because we like to think in terms of either/or instead of both/and. I happened to be discussing this passage of scripture this morning with a friend. His conclusion was, “God’s mercy opens the door for His instruction.” We can (and should) both love and “instruct”. We can do both, but we can’t really flip the order and instruct before loving.

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