Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: smithjh@moondance.CS.ORST.EDU (Jeremy Smith) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: This Present Darkness Message-ID: Date: 11 May 91 03:36:55 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Oregon State University -- Math Department Lines: 22 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article @vm.cc.purdue.edu:ROSSJB@PURCCVM (John Ross) writes: > >Maybe it is better for a person to be severed from the church for a time so >he or she can contemplate just how wrongful their actions have been. Maybe >if they realize their sin, the will repent, before they are struck down by >their own sinfulness. > >(Asbestos armor zipped up: Flame at will!) > >John Touche' John. We are told not to socialize with any so called brother who does not accept the teaching of scripture, not regarding him as an enemy but admonishing him like a brother. My reference is I Thessalonians chapter 3. Peace and Grace. Jeremy Smith