There is a delicate balance between opposing evil and being self-righteous. I'm not sure that "punching" is ever the answer. "Speak the truth in love." I do agree that if Christians policed themselves and churches lovingly held certain standards, the Gospel would appear to have more power to the unbelieving world.
"I take from this statement that Christians should concern themselves first and foremost with their own failings rather than those of the out-group. To use Jesus’ famous metaphor, we should take the plank out of our own eye to see clearly the speck in our neighbor’s." Yes, yes, yes.
There is a delicate balance between opposing evil and being self-righteous. I'm not sure that "punching" is ever the answer. "Speak the truth in love." I do agree that if Christians policed themselves and churches lovingly held certain standards, the Gospel would appear to have more power to the unbelieving world.
"I take from this statement that Christians should concern themselves first and foremost with their own failings rather than those of the out-group. To use Jesus’ famous metaphor, we should take the plank out of our own eye to see clearly the speck in our neighbor’s." Yes, yes, yes.