Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. -Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Mark Dever / 9 Marks Edict – You Cannot Resign w/o “Permission”
"Just as freedom to worship is protected by the First Amendment, so also is the liberty to recede from one’s religious allegiance."
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
Run Baby Run: Personal Insights on Mars Hill and Mark Driscoll
To be risen with Christ means not only that one has a choice and that one may live by a higher law – the law of grace and love – but that one must do so. The first obligation of the Christian is to maintain their freedom from all superstitions, all blind taboos and religious formalities, indeed from all empty forms of legalism.-Thomas Merton
Mark Driscoll’s Mars Hill-A Tutorial on Spiritual Abuse
God will not hold us responsible to understand the mysteries of election, predestination, and the divine sovereignty. The best and safest way to deal with these truths is to raise our eyes to God and in deepest reverence say, " O Lord, Thou knowest." Those things belong to the deep and mysterious Profound of God's omniscience. Prying into them may make theologians, but it will never make saints. -AW Tozier
A Letter to My Daughters – Megapastor Excoriates TWW
"Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is the great God, And the great King above all gods. In His hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the hills are His also. The sea is His, for He made it; And his hands formed the dry land. Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker! For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture, And the sheep of His hand."
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