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Burk Parsons’ St Andrew’s Chapel Votes to Leave PCA “In Coram Deo.” It’s More Like “In Coram Non Judice.”
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1201+ words) “The ‘frankness’ of people sunk below shame is a very cheap frankness.” CS Lewis I have recently written three posts about Burk Parsons of St Andrews Chapel, who was, until a few weeks ago, a member of the PCA. Burk…...
Short Update on the Mica Miller Story and Free For All
1+ week, 3+ day ago (201+ words) “My argument against God was that the universe seemed so cruel and unjust. But how had I got this idea of just and unjust? A man does not call a line crooked unless he has some idea of a straight…...
12.13.25 EChurch@Wartburg Michael Card: Christmas(and The Promise) in Belfast: Song and Discussion
8+ mon, 4+ week ago (517+ words) This Advent-time we remember Mary and Joseph, giving thanks for their faithfulness, courage and obedience, stepping out into the unknown in the strength of your Spirit, playing their part in the fulfilment of your plan to bring your prodigal people…...
Naghmeh Panahi, Eschet Chayil, on Walking Away From the Church.
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (187+ words) Naghmen has face so much with great dignity. FYI – Some Notes for everyone Naghmeh Panahi from her website “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” C. S. Lewis It’s…...
Life Church and the AOG: When a Church Ceases to Be a Church and Becomes a Spectator Sport And the Denomination is Just Plain Ducky With It All.
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (796+ words) The One who created this is the One who deserves the honor, not me. Pride, on the other hand, is the mother of all sins, and the original sin of Lucifer…. An instrument strung, but preferring to play itself because…...
Free For All Friday | The Wartburg Watch 2024
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (200+ words) We’re back! We ran into some technical issues that took longer than expected. This forced us to implement some behind the scenes long discussed changes to take place. All should be better now. But there are a few rough edges…...
Al Mohler: Here He Goes Again. The Weathervane Has Shifted and Now He’s All About Women Who Shouldn’t Tell Others What a Sermon Meant!
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (800+ words) “It matters enormously if I alienate anyone from the truth.” –C. S. Lewis Before I joined the Lutheran church, I discovered that my belief in an old earth would not be a hindrance to my membership since it is a…...
When Sheep Bite or What Happens When the Tables Are Turned?
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (820+ words) “People could put up with being bitten by a wolf, but what properly riled them was a bite from a sheep.” ― James Joyce, Ulysses Many at TWW know I am not a Calvinist. The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, does not…...
Burk Parsons and St Andrew’s Church: Shouldn’t Churches Define the Rules of the Discipline Game A Priori.
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (758+ words) “As a general rule, I would say that human beings never behave more badly toward one another than when they believe they are protecting God.” ― Barbara Brown Taylor, Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith link What they are not told…...
Free for All | The Wartburg Watch 2024
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (149+ words) We’re back! We ran into some technical issues that took longer than expected. This forced us to implement some behind the scenes long discussed changes to take place. All should be better now. But there are a few rough edges…...