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Challenging Churchianity
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Controlling the Call
And when the Sanhedrin had set Peter and John in the midst, they asked, “By what power or by what name have you preached?” … So they commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, History, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Acts 4:18-19, Acts 4:31, Acts 4:7, Aimee Semple McPherson, authority to preach, BatteredSheep.com, congregations, denominations, divisions, Foursquare Gospel Church, George Whitefield, Great Awakening, Holy Spirit, John Bunyon, John Wesley, license to preach, Martin Luther, Methodist Church, ministers, negro, new denominations, New Side Presbyterians, ordination, organization, pastors, preachers, Puritans, separate churches, the Gospel, Van Robison, women in ministry, women pastors
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Fear of Lawsuits
Imagine yourself as a pastor. One morning you receive an anonomus email from someone claiming to be a member of your congregation desperately seeking direction. The problem: the member is being abused by the spouse and wants to know what … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, church leaders, conflict, counselling, divorce, fear, healing, help, hope, Jesus, joke, lawsuits, legal, ministry, pastor, polity, problems, spousal abuse, spouse, theology, violence
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Rules over People
Today, after 14 years with his denomination, and 7 years as pastor of his church, my friend was fired; fired by our denomination 30 minutes before he was to start the church service. His ministerial credentials of 26 years stripped. … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged church, denomination, feeding the hungry, fired, good Samaritan, good shepherd, healing, healing the sick, hirelings, hunger, Jesus, John 10:11, John 10:13, John 10:14, Luke 10:29, Mark 2:22-28, Mark 3:1-5, Open Bible Churches, pastor, regulations, rules, Sabbath, sheep, Shepherd, sick, speakers
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God – Spouse – Discipleship ?
I sat across my office from a superior in my denomination. He explained that as pastors our first responsibility is a personal relationship with God; second, is the relationship with our spouse; third is “ministry.” Now, I’m not going to … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged Apostle Paul, bear his cross, being a disciple, Bible, church hierarchy, church leaders, come after Me, discipleship, family, First Timothy, follow me, human relationships, Jesus, Luke 14:26-27, ministry, New Testament, priorities, question, question authority, reason, relationships, Scripture, Second Timothy, spouse, take up his cross, theology, Titus
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A Call to Reformation
One of my heroes is Martin Luther, a Roman Catholic monk who challenged the un-biblical practices and beliefs of the institutional church of his day. Luther insisted that the institutional church use the Bible and the Bible alone as it’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Church, History, Politics, Religion, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, Bible, calling, Christianity, church, churchianity, clergy, denominations, God, heroes, institutionalism, Jesus, Martin Luther, ministry, pastor, Protestant, purpose, reformation, religion, Roman Catholic, theology, world-wide
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CHALLENGING CHURCHIANITY 