Living with humans is messy. Our children make messes. Our spouses and friends make messes. So do our coworkers, bosses, pastors, and presidents . . . and so do we.
Messes ae scary, painful, and offensive. And whether we’re dealing with the pain of a personal failure, the frustration of a disrespectful child, the devastation of a major betrayal, the stress of a workplace conflict, or the fallout of larger social injustices, classically we react the same way – with fear, shame, and punishment.
These reactions are understandable . . . but they don’t do anything to fi the problem. In fact, they only perpetuate a culture of fear, unforgiveness, retribution, and disconnection.
Jesus came to show us a better way to respond to human messes – the way of repentance, reconciliation, and restoration. This way removes fear, shame, and punishment from people’s lives, empowers them to deal with the root of their problems, and equips them to build a new lifestyle of walking in the light and protecting connection with God, themselves, and others.
Unpunishable is a roadmap for walking out repentance, reconciliation, and restoration in our own lives, leading others in this journey, and creating punishment-free cultures of love in our lives, relationships, families, churches, and organizations.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Shawn Bolz
Section 1: Our Love Affair with Punishment
Chapter 1: The Choice to Repent
Chapter 2: The Punishment Paradigm
Chapter 3: Why Do We Love Punishment So Much?
Section 2: Our Call to the Covenant of Love
Chapter 4: The Covenant-Making God
Chapter 5: The New Covenant
Chapter 6: Discipline in the New Covenant
Section 3: Taking the Unpunishable Journey
Chapter 7: The Five Es Confrontation Model
Chapter 8: Repentance
Chapter 9: Reconciliation
Chapter 10: Restoration
About the Author:
Danny Silk serves on the Senior Leadership Team of both Bethel Church in Redding, CA and Jesus Culture in Sacramento, CA. He is the President and Co-Founder of Loving on Purpose, a ministry to families and communities worldwide. Danny is also the author of five books. Danny and Sheri married in 1984, have three children and three grandchildren.
