Jim on August 31st, 2008

Where have we heard that before?
First some background. Carole and I walked into this endeavor with our eyes wide open. Much thought, much prayer, much counting the cost. I’ve had a few conversations with the guy I call my blog mentor, who runs the very high traffic Phoenix Preacher blog. Micheal has given me a [...]

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Jim on August 30th, 2008

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Protestant Knight on August 28th, 2008

Hello Beloved:
Protestant Knight here.  I’ve been asked by Jim to write today’s post, so here goes.  I hope I can honor his and Carole’s care for this site.
Jim and I had a conversation via comments on this blog regarding Systematic Theology (ST) and its bizarre and imperfect duplicate, Bible Doctrine (BD; DC Comics would probably give it the moniker Bizarro [...]

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Jim on August 26th, 2008

In yesterday’s post, I had some reading recommendations for CJ Mahaney, as it seems that his advice to a “pastor serving alone” seemed to omit the most Biblical advice CJ could have given to this young man.
I thought that it might be wise for CJ to read his own organisation’s polity statement. I also quoted [...]

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Jim on August 24th, 2008

In a recent post on CJ’s blog, he was asked a question by a “lone ranger” pastor.
You can read the entire post here.
I agree with CJ’s answer. All of it.
Here’s what CJ missed. Without a plurality of elders, he was speaking to a man who was pastoring an unbiblical church. Leadership in the NT church [...]

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