The False Dilemma of Discipline

A prison system that seeks to punish and shame rather than love and rehabilitate is one that knows nothing of Christ. Prisons in this country are not about rehabilitation, they're not about incapacitation or deterrence. They are first and foremost forms of retribution for people who have done something wrong. The author of the book of Hebrews makes this very same point about our father in heaven: It is for discipline that you have to endure.