The Ministry of Rebuke (3)

(This is part three of a three part series on The Ministry of Rebuke. Here is part one and part two.)

How to Rebuke

1. Know whom you are rebuking. Learn to distinguish among the different animals in the ecclesiastical barn. For starters, there are pigs–not worth your time. Save your pearls of wise rebuke for someone else. Then there are the sheep. Deal gently with them if you can. But as for the wolves, they need a firm whack with the rod. And when it comes to the top dogs, remember to show...