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Pastors Ignoring Confidentiality: Having Gospel Gossip Authority?
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness. -Edwin Louis Cole
EChurch@Wartburg – What in the World??
"The perfect church service,would be one we were almost unaware of. Our attention would have been on God." – C.S. Lewis
Deb of TWW Is Not Leaving Comments on Other Blogs Regarding Mark Driscoll
Deb rarely comments on other blogs. When she does, she identifies herself as Wanda (Deb) Martin and always links to The Wartburg Watch for authenticity. It has come to our attention that someone using the moniker "Deb" is posting comments about Mark Driscoll on blogs such as Between the Times (Danny Akin/SEBTS). This is NOT Deb of TWW, which should be patently obvious by her (his) lack of grammatical prowess.
Why Did Mars Hill/Mark Driscoll Recently Fire Paid Staff?
"Martin Luther, in his commentary on Galatians, says that to add any religious work to the gospel of grace seems to be a trivial matter, but “it does more damage than human reason can imagine. Not only does it mar and obscure the knowledge of grace but it also removes Christ and all of his blessings and it completely overthrows the gospel.” Kangas Commune
International Churches of Christ: A Personal Story of Church Control
“A hallmark of spiritual abuse is treating the person who dares to point out a problem as the problem.” Roger Olson
When Pastors Breach Trust: My Testimony of Betrayal and God’s Grace
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure…than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. -Theodore Roosevelt
Another Mars Hill “Testimony”: One More Reason to Beware of Covenants
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
How to Minimize Damage When Resigning From a Mark Driscoll-like Church
"All the best stories are but one story in reality – the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape." AC Benson
Mars Hill and Mark Driscoll-Under Scrutiny While Another Painful Story Emerges
“Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to say “My heart is broken.” CS Lewis
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