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Worship Wars – Part 2

deb — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:20:09 +0000

Categories: Balance in churches, Contemporary Worship

A hard-hitting look at worship music in the church service.

Worship Wars – Part 1

deb — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 02:48:42 +0000

Categories: Balance in churches, Churchianity, Contemporary Worship, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Culture and the faith

A discussion of the struggle between traditional and contemporary worship in today's churches.

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Update on Davey (Watchdog) and Goliath (FBC Jax)

deb — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:07:49 +0000

Categories: Abusive church tactics, Authoritarian leadership, Balance in churches, Baptist Mafia, Blogging and the church, Church conflict, FBC Jacksonville, Mac Brunson

Update on the FBC Jax Watchdog lawsuit

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The Wartburg Watch — An Eye for Clean Hands Inside the Church By Dr. Jon

deb — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:16:45 +0000

The Wartburg Watch is barely a year old and, based on readership, is growing faster than ever! A peak at Google analytics shows a broad geographic spread. People are logging on daily from all over the US and the world. Let me be clear from the get go that I am NOT writing this to brag on TWW. I am just trying to figure out why it has “caught on” the way it has. It was clear from the start that TWW had “struck a nerve” inside the Christian community. But it was not clear exactly which nerve was struck. I suspect there are many factors that have contributed to this response. While the idea of exposing the hidden evils of the church is not new, the blog medium has proven to be an effective means of communication, particularly for those who have been harmed from inside their local churches. Also, the capacity to dialogue in an anonymous manner on sensitive (and sometimes divisive) issues has been cathartic for some. Many have expressed righteous anger for being wounded by their churches when their sincere attempts to remedy problems were met with aggressive and controlling tactics from their church Continue reading →

Written by: deb on Thu, Jun 10 2010.

Categories: Balance in churches, Blogging and the church

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THE CHURCH CALENDAR: History Ignored By Mahaney and Others

dee — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:36:27 +0000

Categories: Balance in churches, C.J. Mahaney, Church calendar

How the church calendar provides balance for the church

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