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This tweet popped up in my X feed. Dale Partidge is a senior pastor in Arizona. He writes: The “small group” movement democratized Bible teaching, gave authority to the uncalled, untrained, and unleashed a flood of bad doctrine. Historically, pastors led all Bible studies. Biblically, few men should be teachers. We must return to these …
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Why is communion in a Baptist church (or similar Protestant church) like a funeral? This was the question posed to me by my daughter. She made the observation that if someone was passing by outside the church and could hear the music, they would think it was a funeral going on. Why is a Baptist …
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I recently left a comment on a CensorTube video that I also wanted to put in a post. Jon Harris’ video Deracination, Q & A on Woman’s Roles delved into the following topics. There is a reason Jon is discussing these topics. There is a growing group of younger and middle aged men in parts …
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Rachel Miller wrote The Piper Scale of Female Leadership in which she likened John Piper’s views on a woman’s influence and leadership to the Pritchard’s Poetry Scale from Dead Poet’s Society. If you aren’t familiar with the reference to Dead Poet’s Society, I’ve included a clip here at the end of the post. Recently I …
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Several years ago, Wayne Grudem wrote But What Should Women Do In The Church? It went massively viral and was discussed at length. I found a copy in the Wayback Machine and have copied it here so it is not lost. I’ve tried to retain the original formatting as much as possible. As I’ve been …
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Frank Viola and George Barna share the poem “The Calf Path” in the book Pagan Christianity. (Here is my post about reading the book.) They said: In this book, we sometimes refer to “the crooked path” that led the institutional church to its present form. This poem, written more than a century ago, served as …
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Pagan Christianity has been on my to-read list for many years. I think at one point I checked it out of the library, but didn’t read it. I didn’t read it because I knew once I read it, I could never unsee what is in there. That might sound weird, but that’s the truth. I …
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The video below popped up in my CensorTube feed right after David and I were discussing some of these same topics in October. “How Christians Gathered in the 1st Century” with Dr. Tom Wadsworth is eye-opening. If you are familiar with the book Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola, some of this won’t be new to …
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Last fall I wrote Being Bound By Denominational Creeds and Confessions. If you haven’t read it or don’t remember much about it, I highly recommend reading it first. You will get much more out of this post because it is a sort of continuation (with more months of observation and dismay). I came across two …
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There have been multiple pastors in the news lately for issues of moral failure. The one that seems to have hit people the hardest in my online circles is Steve Lawson. I write this post as someone who has never read his books or heard him preach. I only know who he is because of …
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