Doug Pagitt’s ‘Conversion’

I was really excited to see this video; what I believed would be a testimony of Doug Pagitt’s conversion!
I do not know about you, but I was disappointed, and not really surprised about what he described as conversion.
It sort of reminds me of the mockery Tony Jones made of being [...]

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#C?21 Reviews: ‘Confession’

Seth Donovan writes on her blog ‘Confessing Queer’ regarding her ‘ministry’ at C?21:
first, i’d like to say that my talk at #c21 was the reflection of a 9 month process for myself on the topic of Confession…it began when i asked myself in thinking about the conference what the greatest value of the church to [...]

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#C?21:They will know if you are Christian by your Tweets….

2 Peter 3:14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace. 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, 16 as he [...]

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What a difference an hour makes

This morning I was faced with warnings and threats from a supposed brother in Christ about preaching the Gospel outside of the church. He bore false witness, telling the police that I was going to come to his JOPA production to protest, when all we desired to do is to preach the Gospel outside. Not [...]

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Who is Shane Hipps, And WHAT is he saying?

To find the answer to this question, we go here
Shane Hipps is pastor of Trinity Mennonite Church, a growing, urban, Anabaptist congregation. Prior to accepting his call as a pastor, Shane was a strategic planner in advertising where he gained experience in understanding media and culture. Much of his time was spent working on the [...]

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Interpreting the Parables- Matthew 22

Over at C?RN.info, the boys like to ‘de sanitize’ the Parables. Personally,I never saw God’s Word as something that needed to be de-sanitized, though God’s word does an effective job of working to de-sanitize us- Jesus prayed “Sanctify them by your truth; thy word is truth” So I will go about working on one the [...]

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Tony Jones, Emergents, and Kashmir.

Recently, Tony Jones on his belief net blog stated that
Kashmir
was the greatest rock and roll song ever. Musically, it is a tune I was familiar with in my growing up years. I do not think anything can be inherently wrong with music, but it is the lyrics I am concerned with. I [...]

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An excellent observation

Rick Freuh has posted an excellent observation about some of the modern philosophers that I believe Jude, Peter, Paul and Jesus (in Matthew 24) are speaking very clearly about in Attractive Words of Deception or Enticing Words of Men’s Wisdom
In it, he discusses a post-modern philosopher of whom people like Phyllis Tickle, Rob Bell, and [...]

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A real ADM (Ancient Discernment Minister) speaks to Us

Listen to this ADM speak:
To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ:
May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you to contend [...]

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Eight Reasons not to Join a Church

Pastor Rick Warren has invited people to come and become members this coming Saturday of Saddleback church. He has 2000 signed up, and wants 3000. To accomplish this goal, he has given some extra incentive to his followers:
EIGHT REASONS TO JOIN THIS SATURDAY & NOT PROCRASTINATE:
1. I’m personally teaching Class 101 for the first [...]

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