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shunning

To Shun or Not to Shun: That is the Question

March 31, 2017 by Randal

Last year I addressed the topic of shunning fellow Christians in an article titled “Should we shun Christians that we believe are living an immoral life?” The crucial excerpt comes in Paul’s comments on church discipline in 1 Corinthians 5. The essence of his directive is summarized in verse 11: “But now I am writing […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Bible, biblical ethics, Church discipline, ecclesiology, ethics, Paul, shunning

Should we shun Christians that we believe are living an immoral life?

April 27, 2016 by Randal

Christians disagree on a range of important ethical issues. Consider, for example, the fact that some Christians accept just war theory and believe that the call to follow Christ can be reconciled with the call to fight and kill state-enemies. Meanwhile other Christians disagree in the strongest terms whilst emphasizing the call to follow Christ […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Apostle Paul, biblical ethics, Church discipline, ecclesiology, ethics, homosexuality, shunning

Should you ever shun anybody?

July 7, 2015 by Randal

The 1527 Anabaptist Schleitheim Confession included the practice of the ban (or shunning), according to which the sinful offender should be warned twice before they are finally cast off and shunned from the community. Shunning was an extreme practice that set parent against child and child against parent as it expected community members to cut all […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: grace, shunning, the ban

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