Church Discipline

Daily Devotional  by 
John Owen

Church Discipline is a scholarly devotional written by John Owen, one of the greatest European Reformed theologians and the leading church figure for the English Puritan movement. In today’s congregations, discipline is amiss. A majority of conservative leaders think that a church cannot be Biblical unless it practices sound church discipline. The motivation is the restoration of the sinner, and when it fails, the church’s protection is required.

Owen calls the church in Biblical knowledge, using comprehensive annotation and intellectual authority. From the acceptance of new members into its society, governance, and tutelage of those who are entrusted to it, and exclusion from its community of those who refuse to live and walk according to its norms and standards, Owen beckons leaders of His light to duly recognize that authority can be utilized for the betterment of the church.