Abusive church discipline and the problem with Matthew 18
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Continue readingWhat in the world happened to a very public pastor and friend of John Piper?
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Continue readingThe SBC leaders target transgenderism at their annual meeting as their membership continues to decline.
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Continue reading9Marks encourages churches to coordinate ‘church discipline’ when Christians move from one congregation to another… No wonder Christians are fleeing the church!
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Continue reading"God has made Christianity to have a masculine feel. He has ordained for the church a masculine ministry." – John Piper John Piper – Wikipedia When I think of Reformed Theology, I immediately think of John Piper. As the pastor for preaching and vision at Bethlehem Baptist Church where he has served for over thirty years, Piper and his church … Continue reading
"People walking up to ya Singing Glory Hallelujah And they’re trying to sock it to ya In the name of the Lord." (From the song The Games People Play) Pillars of Creation-Hubble/NASA TWW has some good news for the SBC. We think we’ve found some of your missing members. Calvinistas, we have further good news. They may not even be … 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
Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness. -Edwin Louis Cole A Dusty Pillar Amongst Newborn Stars-Hubble/NASA Through the years, we have learned much about how some authoritarian churches conduct business from reading the SGM Survivors blog. Sovereign Grace Ministries was conceived of, and is led, by CJ Mahaney who was also asked … Continue reading
"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
"But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil." Matthew 5:37 (KJV) Hester Prynne from "The Scarlet Letter" in which Ann Hibbins is depicted as a witch Credit: Public Domain Here is how I came to realize the seriousness of the church discipline crisis and how church discipline is being terribly … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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Nothing will change. The SBC will continue to lose members and few of them will perceive God’s glory in the elder boards.
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