Jim on February 13th, 2010

I quit reading CJ’s blog over a year ago, but with the start of the Winter Olympics, I was looking for some advice, ala CJ’s annual “tips for watching the Superbowl”.
No such luck, but I did find a recent post by Dave Harvey, that included the following statement:
The function fulfilled by men following in Paul’s [...]

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Jim on February 1st, 2010

A beautiful thing happened at the SGC in San Diego yesterday.
Mark Lauterbach, the senior pastor who was de-gifted and then re-gifted, shared his heart with the congregation after his Sunday morning sermon. There was another meeting last night, but I haven’t received any details yet.
I’m told that after his sermon, Mark asked the congregation to [...]

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Jim on January 23rd, 2010

This is a repost from Feb of last year. Some links are dead, because I’m nicer than I used to be. Hard to believe, I know…
I feel that this is timely because MCL’s issues are polity issues. The members are waiting to see what actions the leaders will take. It doesn’t seem very “joint heir-like” [...]

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Jim on January 21st, 2010

You’ve received Danny’s email. Read points 5 and 6 very carefully. Notice what the evaluation team will and will not address.
“There are several issues in the list above that the rest of the leadership team would agree needs to be pursued…”
“However, there is significant disagreement with the other points listed…”
If the members I’ve communicated with [...]

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