The Bible is our document of authority, our standard for faith and practical living in a lost and broken world. Some may not know, but there is more in the Bible than historical documentation and encouraging stories, it has much to say about difficult subjects, including that of Church Discipline. Practicing biblical Church Discipline is something that many churches today never exercise, even in blatant occurrences of misconduct and egregious sin, there seems to be a fear of confrontation more than a fear of God. The purpose of Church Discipline is to stop active sin that quickly spreads, infiltrating the hearts and minds of individual believers until the entire church is contaminated, leading to the spiritual restoration of members who have fallen into sin with the desire of strengthening the church body. The question that arises is where do we draw the line between the sins everyone commits on a day to day basis and those worthy of confrontation? The answer seems to be the lifestyle type sins committed by a professing Christian who lives in open, unrepentant rebellion, actively involved in adultery, sexual immorality, drunkenness, or any of the other sins on Paul’s lists in the scriptures that keep individuals out of the kingdom of heaven as written in 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Galatians 5:19-21, 1 Timothy 1:8-11, as well as looking at what is written in Titus 3:10–11 and Revelation 21:8. These are public, ongoing, sinful choices that are different from those sins we commit in our hearts as we live in the flesh. For example, a Christian struggling with lust or envy is not openly defaming the name of Christ as he wrestles with those sins. They are private and unwanted, and yes, they are sins that a person needs to repent from, but they are not lifestyle choices that are evident for all to see. We must look at the instruction on Church Discipline written in *Matthew 18:15 “If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens and pays attention to you, you have won back your brother. 16 But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. 17 If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile (unbeliever) and a tax collector.* When a Pastor or Elder in a church becomes aware of a member with a lifestyle of sin, it is their responsibility to confront that person in love, expressing concern and explaining the spiritual ramifications if the sin continues. This interaction needs to include Scripture-based reproof to lead them to repentance and opportunities for restoration to the body of Christ. Verses that are helpful are found in 1 John 3:3–10, 5:18, Luke 14:27, Matthew 7:16–23, and Ephesians 5:3-7. If all of the steps in Matthew 18 fail, then the offending member is to be removed from the church and considered an unbeliever (1 Corinthians 5:9–13). If the leaders in the church do not deal with those who refuse to repent of sin as the Lord commands, His church will soon blend in with the world and bring reproach to the name and character of the Lord Jesus. I know personally the heartbreak of enforcing Church Discipline, but those in authority must administer biblical Church Discipline toward professing Christians who persist in a lifestyle of sin. One of the most difficult things I have ever done is to tell someone I know, care about, and love, who is persistently unrepentant, that they are to be totally ostracized from the fellowship of the church and treated like an outcast, not a brother. This action is done with the goal to help save their soul, all the while praying for their repentance.