This is Part 3 and the final one in our series on ‘Judging in the New Testament.” For Part 1, click here, and for Part 2, click here. Part 3: What the New Testament Says About Judging Judging the Tree: What Fruit Actually Means Impressive Is Not the Same as Faithful There is another passage that gets pulled into these conversations, usually intended to shut them down. When concerns are raised about a ministry leader — their conduct, their character, their treatment of people under their care...

This is part 2 in our series on ‘Judging in the New Testament.” For part 1, please click here. Part 2: Paul and the Responsibility to Judge Inside the Church Paul Makes Our Responsibility Clear If Jesus established the character required to judge rightly, the apostle Paul established the responsibility to do so. His letters are not gentle suggestions about tolerance and minding your own business. They are repeated, urgent calls for the Church to exercise discernment, confront sin, and protect...

Today's blog is Part One of three blogs on judging in the New Testament: Part 1 — Judge Not? What Jesus Actually Said Part 2 — Paul and the Responsibility to Judge Inside the Church Part 3 — Judging the Tree: What Fruit Actually Means Part 1: Judge Not? What Jesus Actually Said The Verse Everyone Knows and Almost No One Finishes Few verses are more frequently misquoted — and more conveniently misapplied — than Matthew 7:1: “Judge not, that you be not judged.” Pulled from its context and...