"I think with many more of today's parents than in the past, the "helicoptering" is more about over-protecting them from what they perceive to be this dreadful, dangerous, terror-filled world and not realizing that kids need to be able to take educated risks, make independent decisions and take consequences for their actions." Jean Walker
"We pigs are brainworkers. The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us. Day and night we are watching over your welfare. It is for YOUR sake that we drink that milk and eat those apples. The importance of keeping the pigs in good health was all too obvious. So it was agreed without further argument that the milk and the windfall apples (and also the main crop of apples when they ripened) should be reserved for the pigs alone."
As if things couldn't get messier, tonight, CJ Mahaney's son-in-laws, who were pastors at Covenant Life Church (the mothership), have resigned their positions in what appears to be a protest in how the church has handled the Detweiler documents and CJ Mahaney's "sabbatical."
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. C. S. Lewis
“Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.” CS Lewis freefoto.com Recently, Joshua Harris apologized for some issues which have plagued Sovereign Grace Ministries for years. My husband just received an apology from a church elder who had spread a rumor that our marriage was in trouble. I also know a woman who apologized to an ex-husband for leaving their marriage years ago. Each of these incidents illuminate the complex issue of forgiveness. I think a good rabbinical story is in order. I have heard this story told on a number of occasions and do not know its origination. A man visited his rabbi to confess that he had spread a lie about his neighbors. He asked what he should do to rectify the situation. The wise rabbi understood that this man needed to apprehend the gravity of his action. So, he asked the man to meet him at the top of a windy hill in the town. Once there, the rabbi handed him a feather pillow and scissors and told him to cut open the pillow. Once open, the rabbi told him to shake out the entire feather stuffing. The Continue reading →
"You cannot go on 'explaining away' for ever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on 'seeing through' things for ever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it."- C.S. Lewis freefoto.com If you happen to read Josh Harris’ blog on a regular basis, then I have a question for you. Have you ever noticed how the comments on his blog are always positive? For those who are not familiar with Josh, he serves as senior pastor of Covenant Life Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland — the flagship church of Sovereign Grace Ministries. While many of our commenters here at The Wartburg Watch are thoughtful and affirming, we do have our share of critics whom we allow to lambaste us as long as they abide by our blogging rules (i.e. no bad language, etc). We believe so strongly in freedom of expression that we gladly welcome dissension. I am not an avid reader of Josh Harris’ blog, but I have been making occasional visits beginning a few months ago. Around that same time the Gospel Coalition website featured a video of Francis Chan being interviewed by Mark Continue reading →
Peacemakers assessed
Without question the leadership of KingsWay Community Church has created a ROYAL mess! As we have been preparing this series, God’s PROVIDENCE has been extremely evident. Just this morning “The Protestant Knight” (PT) at SGM Refuge posted an intriguing article entitled: Organizational Chart for Sovereign Grace Ministries’ Hierarchal Polity In his first comment on the post, PT makes this candid remark: “And I am here to tell you that as someone who staunchly defended SGM for over two decades (you can ask PD (his wife) on this, and you can ask Kris over at Survivors about how I came in with both barrels onto her blog; I even behaved like a member of SGM’s marketing dept. here on the ‘fuge for awhile…” To gain an understanding of the SGM hierarchy, we recommend that you check out the organizational chart that PT has constructed. The consistent criticism of Sovereign Grace Ministries is that its polity (church governance) is ALL WRONG. On September 5, 2010, Dave Harvey (who is in charge of church planting and church care) addressed the KingsWay congregation on “church polity”. You can find the link to his message in PT’s post. According to Harvey, SGM has a polity Continue reading →
Francis Chan and David Platt sacrificial lifestyles.
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