Originally Posted by SEAGOON

And yes, its always a conflict of sinful men vs. sinful men, the only difference between them being grace and the gospel, in and of themselves there usually isn't much difference and sometimes the "nice guys" are on the side of error. No one, for instance, argued that Machen was more of a "people person" than his opponents. In any event, Church discipline can be likened to the end of Old Yeller, its an awful, sad job but it has to be done.