Month February 2012

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Would Augustine invite Muhammad?

A few months before Elephant Room 2 Thabiti Anyabwile wrote an excellent article outlining his concerns over James MacDonald’s invitation to prosperity preacher T.D. Jakes. Sadly, his counsel, and that of many others was rejected. Pastor Anyabwile wrote: This kind…

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Elders, Pastors, and Protection

From Mike McKinley: Last Spring, Thabiti shared some statistics about pastors compiled by the Schaeffer Institute. These numbers emerged from research done from 1989-2006, and my guess is that things have gotten worse, not better, since then. The one that…

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Reading Reflection:

Wordsmithy, Douglas Wilson (Canon Press, 2011) You know a book’s going to be good when the title alone sets off your spell check. This is a book about writing, but even if you do not particularly consider yourself a writer,…

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Looking for material this Easter?

Sam Allberry does a great job in his book ”Lifted – Experiencing the Resurrection Life”. There are 4 sections on Assurance, Transformation, Hope and Mission. Sam writes with freshness and a great turn of phrase. On Jesus authority he says,…

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Tim Tebow shows discernment

Tim Tebow had been scheduled to speak at an event in Ohio led by mega-church pastor Rod Parsley. Parsley, an advocate of prosperity teaching will be sharing the stage with notorious word/faith prosperity preacher Kenneth Copeland. Tebow canceled his plans…