What Would Jesus Do?

"Simply put, Jesus never took the irenic approach with heretics or gross hypocrites. He never made the kind of gentle private appeals contemporary evangelicals typically insist are necessary before warning others about the dangers of a false teacher's error. Even when He dealt with the most respected religious figures in the land, He took on their errors boldly and directly, sometimes even holding them up for ridicule. He was not 'nice' to them by any postmodern standard. He extended no pretense of academic courtesy to them. He didn't invite them to dialogue privately with Him about their differing points of view. He didn't carefully couch his criticisms in vague and totally impersonal terms so that no one's feelings would be hurt. He did nothing to tone down the reproach of His censures or minimize the Pharisees' public embarrassment. He made His disapproval of their religion as plain and prominent as possible every time He mentioned them. He seemed utterly unmoved by their frustration with His outspokenness. Knowing that they were looking for reasons to be offended by Him, He often did and said the very things He knew would offend them most."

John MacArthur
from The Jesus You Can't Ignore