A true view of sin

Bonhoeffer's insight into the nature of sin is tremendously helpful in giving us the nerve to rebuke when necessary:

Nothing can be more cruel than the tenderness that consigns another to his sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe rebuke that calls his brother back from the path of sin. (Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Life Together. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins. 1954 p107)