The difficult balance is to speak and talk in such a way that urges the sinning believer to repent, while not completely ignoring him or expressing total disapproval toward his person.
Ours is an age of cynicism, where the idea of universal truth is questioned and often rejected in all areas of life, whether in social and cultural issues or in personal matters. People today talk of “my truth” or “your truth” or “a truth”, but reject the notion of “the truth”; that is, absolute truth which is definite and binding on all…