----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Fuchs" <SteveF_MS@...>
To: <soundofgrace@...>
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Acts 6 and deacons


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> I don't intend to ignite another spark that has been debated before, but
it
> would seem to me the same issue exists with discipline.
>
> Discipline is God's means for dealing with (professing) goats, who become
> apparent to us as goats at least as best we can know, and yet it is rarely
> implemented scripturally.

Steve: I always viewed discipline as God acting as a loving Father toward
His true children.   JGR