T4G Cooks Up Gospel Ratatouille and Serves a Lukewarm Gender Gospel

"There is much debate on how to make a traditional ratatouille. One method is to simply sauté all of the vegetables together. Some cooks, including Julia Child, insist on a layering approach, where the eggplant and the zucchini are sautéed separately, while the tomatoes, onion, garlic and bell peppers are made into a sauce. The ratatouille is then layered in … Continue reading

Is Church Discipline Going Rogue?

"The Protestant reformers named three "marks by which the true church is known": the preaching of the pure doctrine of the gospel, the pure administration of the sacraments, and the exercise of church discipline to correct faults." Church Discipline Series, Christianity Today, 2005 Holy Bible by Vinicius de Carvalho Venâncio Christianity Today did a series on church discipline back in … Continue reading

Alternatives to Mark Driscoll’s Pornogrification of the Song of Songs

Maybe this is why…. "He (Driscoll) claims to have prepared his sermon in 2 hours! Not only that, he noted that he did so while watching a Mariners Game on television!"(TWW)   Closeup of the sun's surface-NASA   Today, with permission of both Wenatchee the Hatchet as well as the blog, From Bitter Waters To Sweet, here,we present,  the Introduction, … Continue reading

Calvinists, Calvinistas and Me

"Here’s my rule of thumb: the more responsible a person is to shape the thoughts of others about God, the less Arminianism should be tolerated. Therefore church members should not be excommunicated for this view but elders and pastors and seminary and college teachers should be expected to hold the more fully biblical view of grace. "       … Continue reading

Will There Be Soldiers of Genghis Khan in Heaven?

"'Then instantly the pale brightness of the mist and the fiery brightness of the Lion rolled themselves together into a swirling glory and gathered themselves up and disappeared.'" CS Lewis The Horse and His Boy     sunset over the sahara-NASA     In CS Lewis’s final book in the Chronicles of Narnia series, called The Last Battle, Emeth, who … Continue reading

You Know You Might Be a Fundamentalist, a Calvinist or an Evangelical If…

“We’ve gotten beyond the Galatian brand of legalism today. We haven’t resurrected circumcision as a requirement for salvation, and we’re clear that salvation is by grace through faith in Christ apart from the keeping of the law. Instead, we have developed another brand of legalism, a brand that is concerned, not with salvation, but with how we live the Christian … Continue reading

Who Do the Independent Fundamentalist Baptists Say They Are?

  "There is something childish and legalistic about churches in which all of the saints observe precisely the same standards. When all lives begin to sink into the same mold of denial and exercise of liberty, something is amiss.".         Walter J. Chantry       Bob Jones Cheerleaders: Thanks to IFB Cult Survivors.   Cute jackets!     About 10 years … Continue reading

Pastoral Abuse: One Man’s Difficult Journey and Advice

"We are born helpless. As soon as we are fully conscious we discover loneliness…" CS Lewis –Transposition and Other addresses   Artist rendition of Kepler 11 if the Constellation Cygnus-NASA   “It was very therapeutic to write about this “ So began this gentleman’s email to TWW. Coincidentally or rather, providentially, this communication arrived just as we were beginning our … Continue reading

Welcome to the SGM Borg Smack-Down

"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere." C. S. Lewis           The Jenga game continues.     1. How is Scripture used? Is it done in context. Is it verse baiting? Are the logical questions answered? Is it usually used to develop a harsh and punishing view of … Continue reading