Ligon Duncan’s infamous remarks about C.J. Mahaney deleted? There must have been a glitch over at the Reformation 21 website…
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A time of reflection for TWW – four years ago today…
Continue readingFocusing on the widespread press coverage in the wake of the amended complaint, along with the facts regarding Paula Poe.
Continue readingCovenant Life Church, SGM’s flagship congregation, separates from this “family of churches”.
Continue readingC.J. Mahaney often refers to Mark Dever as “O Captain, My Captain”. Has their relationship changed?
Continue reading“Change is here to stay” is one of C.J. Mahaney’s favorite utterances. Unfortunately, SGM’s proposed polity doesn’t appear to be that different from what has always been done. Same old, same old…
Continue readingSGM leaders discussing polity while enjoying a swanky resort. Did the SGM tithers pay for this?
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What is a puff piece? Day 5
Continue readingThe Elephant in the room.
Continue readingContinuing assessment of the SGM lawsuit
Continue readingThe continuing circus that is SGM
Continue readingAn interesting letter from Mickey Connolly at SGM. “Stop the witch- hunt.”
Continue readingDon’t tell me you are a Christian; let me guess. Hillbilly here The Wartburg Watch is back! The format will resemble our old format shortly. Also, if you wish to comment, you must enter an email address but an email address can be like a pseudonym, if you get our drift. This, too, will change shortly. You might see some … Continue reading
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in … Continue reading
"Because we met with such a small percentage of members (less than 1⁄2 of 1%), our observations may not accurately reflect the entire association of churches. Nevertheless, we offer these observations as part of our report." Ambassadors of Reconciliation Report, page 13 Gavel – Wikipedia At long last the Ambassadors of Reconciliation (AoR) Report has been made available through … Continue reading
"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering." Matthew 5:23-24 Spinning Top THE SPIN CONTINUES… Please read the ADDENDUM at the bottom of the post. Since … Continue reading
All human knowledge takes the form of interpretation.-Walter Benjamin The Buffalo Soldiers Infantry-Wikicommons Yesterday, at our usual post church lunch and palaver, one of my friends, who has been a long time fan of Precepts, expressed her concern over … Continue reading
"What do you do with someone who is rebellious, hard-hearted, stiff necked and stupid? You break their nose." Mark Driscoll in his "private" message to his congregation moments before firing Paul Petry and Bent Myer Viking Lander on Mars-NASA (quite a wilderness) Late yesterday afternoon, my inbox started filling up with messages about a new blog Joyful Exiles. Although I … Continue reading
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." Hebrews 13:8 (NASB) Dee and I first learned about Sovereign Grace Ministries in the fall of 2008, and we are grateful to the SGM Survivors and Refugees who have spoken out against the hyper-authoritarian leadership and spiritual abuse they have experienced. From the hundreds of blog posts and thousands of … Continue reading
“One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.” AW Tozier Al Mohler-Public Domain by Timmy Brister … Continue reading