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• Red Flags

  
  SGM Survivors — Authority: 107
  [Kris says:  I found the following list on a site called  Provender .]  Red Flags No one ever wakes up one day and says, “Hey, you know?  I think I’ll shame and abuse the flock today,” or “I think I’ll become a cult leader.”  Instead, gradual changes take place, usually involving the lure of ...
  4 days ago

• “Normal,” And SGM…

  
  SGM Survivors — Authority: 107
  Yesterday, a reader (”The Missus”) took me to task for saying that “normal” Christianity is different from the Christianity practiced by most people who are members of Sovereign Grace Ministries churches.  Her comment got me to thinking – maybe it’d be interesting to list the ways that SGMers’ practice ...
  1 week ago

• What Is True Humility?

  
  SGM Survivors — Authority: 107
  In our discussion about the trend of SGMers’ using their Facebook status to make breathless declarations about the wonders of their Sovereign Grace churches, someone brought up the way that many of his SGM friends also use these Facebook blurbs to talk about their sinfulness and struggles with pride. Sally ...
  2 weeks ago

• Evangelism at the Expense of Discipleship

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 633
  From the free e-book Grow: Reproducing Through Organic Discipleship . Converts vs. Disciples Some churches focus on evangelism at the expense of discipleship by seeking to win converts instead of making disciples. The goal of evangelism is disciple making. The Great Commission in Matthew chapter 28 is to make ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Organic Nature of the Church

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 633
  From the free e-book Grow: Reproducing Through Organic Discipleship . Grow Disciples Naturally Many churches have a linear discipleship program where they try to funnel everyone through the same process. Sadly, many times churches simply use the latest program or book in hopes that what works for a large ...
  3 weeks ago

• Random observation…

  
  SGM Survivors — Authority: 107
  People send me stuff. Thought-provoking stuff. The other day, someone – an individual who is still part of a Sovereign Grace church but is having serious questions about some things he’s observing in the organization – emailed me this: Kris, I was reading the Signs You May Be Covering For A Pastor Who ...
  3 weeks ago

• How Jesus Made Disciples: Sending & Praying

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 633
  Jesus sends his disciples ahead of him Jesus is comfortable leading passively from a distance at times, and lets his disciples go out before him on their own. We dont have a clear description of what they are doing when they go out before him, but you can infer that they are living the life that Jesus is teaching ...
  3 weeks ago

• Book Review - Shepherding a Child’s Heart

  
  Breaking Free — Authority: 128
  Theological soundness and shelf life are two wonderful bookends for a worthy book, and Shepherding a Child’s Heart is a regular recipient of both accolades. I first read Shepherding a Child’s Heart in the late nineties as a requirement for my MA Counseling Program. This was before our current 7-year old ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Jesus Made Disciples: Discomfort

  
  TheResurgence — Authority: 633
  Jesus brought the disciples out of their comfort zone When Jesus walks on water his disciples are horrified. Theyve seen Jesus break the laws of nature several times over, but this miracle pushes them outside of their level of comfort. Jesus reassures them, and they take comfort in Gods sovereignty by seeing that ...
  4 weeks ago

• Are You Covering?

  
  SGM Survivors — Authority: 107
  From the website Provender … Signs you may be covering for a pastor who abuses the flock spiritually: You’ve noticed a pattern of people leaving the fellowship, but don’t ask your pastor about it and don’t delve into the reasons behind the exits.   You’ve seen your pastor act in retribution for ...
  4 weeks ago

• Where Are The Alert Elders?

  
  Toward a Godward Passion — Authority: 112
  Hebrews 13:17 is one of those texts found in the NT that gives to us what the ekklesia is commanded to do toward elders as well what elders are to be doing. We have here the shepherd-flock relationship precisely defined and described . Some time back here at Calvary I taught through this passage. During that study ...
  5 weeks ago

• Essential qualities to display when caring for others in Christian love

  
  A Brick in the Valley — Authority: 498
  This week you will likely relate to someone who is hurting in one way or another.  Below, Dave Powlison recalls qualities he observed in John Frame – - and certainly qualities we should display. I arrived at WTS having been a believer for less than a year.  [John Frame]was a model to a neophyte Christian.  His ...
  5 weeks ago

• More On Obeying And Submitting To Authorities…

  
  SGM Survivors — Authority: 107
  Yesterday, commenter “5yearsinPDI” posted a comment that was so amazing, I decided it deserves its own post.  Here it is. ————————- 5yearsinPDI wrote: Let us all suppose for right now that CJ/SGM is 100% totally correct about their interpretation of submission and obedience to leaders and ...
  5 weeks ago

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