A Message for Itchy Ears

http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2012/08/25/a-message-to-itchy-ears/

A Message to Itchy Ears

A very powerful poem from Jackie Hill at P4CM 2012 pleading for sound doctrine instead of itchy ears:



HT: Tim Brister

Nicene Creed as "Complete Fairy Tale?"

Following a study of Jeremiah recently, we've begun to think about the subject of theological "defamation, deceit, distortion, distraction and dismissal."  Such mental (epistemological), moral (ethics), aesthetic (affections) and volitional (choices) cut across all socio-economic, socio-political and religious classes in Jeremiah's time.  Corrupt doctrine, thinking, teachers, and people--

Dr. Carl Trueman & Dr. Scott Clark: Historical Study

http://wscal.edu/resource-center/resource/histories-and-fallacies-carl-trueman

Histories and Fallacies: Carl Trueman

Guests | August 14, 2012 | Type: Interviews, Office Hours





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Office Hours talks with Carl Trueman, Professor of Historical Theology and Church History and Paul Woolley Chair of Church History at Westminster Theological

SGM-Mahaneygate: 2nd Church Pulls Out of SGM

Brent Detwiler is reporting a second secession--of another congregation from the SGM.  It's called Grace Community in Sarasota, FL. There is reason to believe that others will follow suit.  There are reports that most of the FL congregations may follow suit. There are reasons to believe that many have left Crossway, Charlotte, NC, headed by a strenuous defender of C.J. "It's All about Me"

Charismatic Lexicon - Part One

H/T to Team Pyro

http://teampyro.blogspot.com/2012/08/charismatic-lexicon-part-one.html

Charismatic lexicon - Part One





by Dan PhillipsIn the interests of communication and instruction, and because I'm here to help, I offer this lexicon. I'm calling it Part One because (A) I'm sure there'll be more, because (B) I'm pretty sure readers will supply some great stuff that (C) I will steal,

SGM-Mahaneygate: Cultic Characteristics of Mickey Connolly (Part 2)

Sir Mickey Connolly


For those
following the Baptacostalist meltdown-of-sorts in this micro-sect of about
28,000 members, called SGM, it is a beloved outfit by “Together for the Gospel,”
Ligon Duncan, Mark Dever, Carl Trueman, Kevin DeYoung and other YRRers.  We bring you the latest from a former member and
leader of their Sect, Brent Detwiler, as he writes about a current member of
the Sect

SGM-Mahaneygate: Cultic Characteristics of Mickey Connolly, Charlotte, NC

Mickey Connolly,
sidekick and defender
of C.J. "It's All About
Me" Mahaney


Dreary SGM-Mahaneygate continues.  It's better to just avoid all manner of contact with all of them. 

 

Backstory.  Mickey Connolly, SGM Community Organizer (or whatever SGM calls him, “Apostle,”
“Elder,” “Pastor?”), runs an outfit in Charlotte, NC.  Mickey's outfit called Crossway is associated with
Sovereign

(Updated 8/12/12) English Reformer: Thomas Becon (1511-1567)

http://books.google.com/books?id=50EYAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#v=onepage&q&f=false






A few notes on Thomas
Becon, an English Reformer.


1511-1512. Graduate of
St. John's Cambridge. Mentored by Latimer. BA, 1530. There is a “Life of Becon”
by Lupton in “History of Protestant Divines,” London, 1637. Note the use of the
term “Protestant,” as early as 1637, a term disabused by liberals,

Sydney Anglicans: The Value of Theological Education

http://acl.asn.au/sydney-anglicans-vii/

Sydney Anglicans VII: The value of theological education
Posted on August 6, 2012 Filed under Sydney Diocese



Mark Thompson writes part seven of his series on Sydney Anglicans –

“It is hardly an exaggeration to say that you will not understand the Diocese of Sydney unless you’ve understood its theological college…”
Read it all here –

Without a doubt

White Horse Inn: "A Juvenile Church"

The Juvenile Church

http://www.whitehorseinn.org/

What is the history of today’s youth oriented culture, and what kind of effect is this culture having on churches in our time? On this edition of the program, Michael Horton discusses these questions and more with Thomas Bergler, professor of ministry and missions at Huntington University and author of the recent book The Juvenilization of

The Hillbillies' Narrower Catechism

We’ve renamed it the Hillbilly Catechism or the Red
Neck Baptist Catechism.


http://www.letterofmarque.us/2012/08/the-semi-pelagian-narrower-catechism-.html



08/03/2012

The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism

1. Q: What
is the chief end of each individual Christian?
A: Each individual Christian's chief end is to get saved. This is the first and
great commandment.

2. Q: And
what is the

Dr. Darryl Hart: "Almost All Old Princeton All the Time"

Princeton Seminary


H/T to Dr.
Darryl Hart for his scholarly leadership, conservation of excellent memories,  and contributions to the preservation of “that
old and scholarly” Princeton tradition. 
A “careful breed,” my father frequently noted with approval.  "Good fences make for good neighbors," said Robert Frost in his famous poem;  Dr. Charles Hodge, amongst many others, raised the

Where's Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Black Panthers, Spike Lee, MSNBC, Eric Holder & Obama?

Rev. "Big Al" Sharpton, the nation's
race hustler and Pentecostalist (as usual
without an education)

Remember the Trayon Martin case?  The incessant media obsession including MSNBC, CNN, and even the news-chasers at FOX?  Also, where's Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Black Panthers, Spike Lee, MSNBC, Eric Holder & Obama?  They all piled onto that story, especially the loud and ignorant Rev. "Big

Theo-Lib-Watch: "The End of Church as We Know It"

A few takeaways.  (1)  Some churches, especially the liberal ones,
have lost the sense of their duty and calling. In many instances, they have lost their theologies, confessions and old Prayer Books.  In hosts of other instances, they have no substantial music, e.g. the Baptacostals and other enthusiasts. (2) The author below asks an
elemental question, e.g. “Making Disciples of Christ.” (3)

A Word from a Canadian: "The Collapse of Liberal Churches"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/the-collapse-of-the-liberal-church/article4443228/





The Collapse of the Liberal Church


Margaret Wente

The Globe and Mail

Published Saturday, Jul. 28 2012, 2:00 AM EDT

Two weeks from now, the United Church of Canada will
assemble in Ottawa for its 41st General Council, where it will debate church
policy and elect a new moderator. The top

SGM-Mahaneygate: Crashing Revenues & Need of New $$-Sources

"Old Baldy" Mahaney, a man with a long
rap sheet of abusiveness and narcissism.
A man with uncanny instincts as a Mountebank.
Bradshaw is Old Baldy's son-in-law.  The pastoral
portrait below is rather laughable, since "Old
Baldy" has violated these "old but new" rules.

http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2012/7/25/a-portrait-of-pastoral-leadership.html


Wednesday

Jul 25, 2012

A

SGM-Mahaneygate: First SGM Community to Secede (Charlottesville, VA)

http://www.brentdetwiler.com/brentdetwilercom/2012/7/25/news-alert-redeemer-church-of-charlottesville-va-first-to-le.html


News Alert! Redeemer Church of Charlottesville VA First to Leave Sovereign Grace Ministries


Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 3:04PM


The following joint statement was sent out yesterday to all the SGM pastors.
July 24, 2012

A Joint Statement: Redeemer Church of

Anglican Journalist David Virtue Rips, Blasts, Owns & Schools Bishop Gene Robinson (TEC)

A salute and hat tip to David Virtue.

http://www.virtueonline.org/portal/modules/news/article.php?storyid=16294

Bishop Robinson, You are reaping what you have sown Why the Bishop of New Hampshire is wrongNEWS ANALYSISBy David W. Virtue in Indianapolis www.virtueonline.org July 110, 2012
When the openly gay bishop of New Hampshire, Gene Robinson took a private communication one of my staff

Pickins' from the Leftward Loon-Vines: Theological & Political

http://www.standfirminfaith.com/?/sf/page/29167






On God’s Truth, and Man’s Hypocrisy


The hypocrisy of those on the left has ceased to amaze me. It is not that they do not care about how it makes them look; it is that they are incapable of seeing how it makes them look.
Want some recent examples? Here are just a tiny fraction of the ones that have come out just this past week:


House

NAACP's Divorce from Black Church

H/t:  Reformed
African American Network (RAAN)

Did the NAACP Divorce the Black
Church?--"Claiming that `marriage equality' is a civil right, the NAACP
board voted 62-2 to back that policy. In doing so, the NAACP decisively cut
itself off from its roots in the black church."

They posted this article.  

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/7/17/230434/The-NAACPs-Divorce-From-The-Black.aspx