A New 95 Theses: Challenging the Excesses of American Evangelicalism

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This comes from one of my very favorite teachers/pastors, Chris Rosebrough:

http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/a-new-95-theses-challenging-the-excesses-of-american-evangelicalism.html

Just a sample:
11. In the name of relevance, our Lord Jesus Christ is demoted to a cheesy third rate life-coach whose “gospel” motivates people to focus even more on themselves by believing that Jesus exists to assist them in achieving the objectives of their narcissistic delusions of grandeur. 

Only 1 in 3 Young Born-Again Evangelicals Believe Jesus Is Only Way to Heaven, Apologist Says

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Holding to two (or more) opposing beliefs at the same time-it has become "the American way"...

Only 1 in 3 Young Born-Again Evangelicals Believe Jesus Is Only Way to Heaven, Apologist Says




Following Judah's Lion: The Kidnapping of the Bride

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Following Judah's Lion: The Kidnapping of the Bride: THE KIDNAPPING OF THE BRIDE II Tim.3:13 - But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. O n ...

"Greater works?" Another great article!

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This is what it looks like when a Bible passage is carefully explained in context, without all the confusing fluff and emotionalism. No, we are not supposed to be doing, literally, greater things than Jesus did-and that's good, because we haven't been anyway. You can stop feeling guilty because you haven't raised people from the dead recently. (However, if you've already been doing greater signs and wonders than Jesus you can skip this article...)

http://notunlikelee.wordpress.com/2011/12/17/greater-works-shall-you-do/


Good division or evil division? Is ALL division bad?

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Bethel Sozo - Research Group: Good division or evil division? Division in the c...: For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. (1 Corinthians 11:19) This scriptu...

Barna survey: pastors avoid "controversy" (unlike Jesus...)

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Barna: Many pastors wary of raising 'controversy'

The measures of success for (most) churches is: "attendance, giving ($$$), number of programs, number of staff and square footage." Really??

The Consensus "Peer-Driven" Church

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What's the best way to get people to believe they're following the Bible while actually doing the opposite? Get them to go along with the group, because "they" know what they're talking about ("they" told me so).
Excellent article with funny video!
http://www.herescope.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-peer-driven-church.html