This well-informed study tackles a neglected topic with verve and rigor. The author opens up the logic of the Old Testament in ways that inform its appropriation in the New. He thereby outlines a whole-Bible approach to a whole-church problem. This book merits a wide readership, engaged discussion, and discerning application among scholars and church leaders everywhere.

Robert W. Yarbrough, Covenant Theological Seminary

Church discipline must be rightly understood and applied as Scripture clearly teaches, and such understanding requires that we comprehend how NT authors read and build on key OT passages. Ray offers a poignant study, demonstrating an adept approach to biblical theology that applies OT wisdom to a necessary practice in the church today. In doing so, readers will be well served to think more broadly about biblical theology and more deeply about overseeing one another in the local church.

Jeremy Kimble, Cedarville University