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Visiting the Together for the Gospel website, I stumbled across this older 2006 C.J. Mahaney video. It’s exactly two minutes long. You’ve got the floor.
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Just like that: T4G Statement of Support for Mahaney is Removed!!
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UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF POST!!****
This morning, I started to add a new comment to the Together for the Gospel statement released on Facebook yesterday and noticed the comment number decreasing. When I refreshed the screen, the whole thing was GONE! Zilch, Nada!
Mohler, Dever, and Duncan break their silence and release statement in support of C.J. Mahaney
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What Do Victims of Natural Disasters Need? A Survivor Shares
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Yesterday, I got ten times mores hits on my blog than usual - all because of someone’s tweet – - someone who should know better – but who said something so shocking that people came to see the tweet for themselves (the tweet had later been deleted). Quite a few people came to defend John Piper here. They told us we weren’t reading it in context. Others mentioned we are calling Piper, “Satan in disguise”, “truthfully hateful”, that the comments were a “blog stoning.” Wow. We were being uncharitable. One person told me on another blog that those who interpreted his message in an uncharitable way should repent and apologize to Piper. I don’t think so.
Driscoll’s Church Offers Lead Pastor Residency Program – Hurry! Expires Soon!
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I owe you an apology, my dear readers. A friend e-mailed this to me and I had meant to get it posted earlier, but the deadline is nearly here. This will be short and sweet. I don’t want anybody (men, that is) to miss out. Look what Mars Hill is offering you:
John Piper’s Tweet During Devastating Twister Aftermath
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So, I’m minding my own business catching up on the latest Twitter news and it is filled with tweets about the devastating aftermath of the Twister in Oklahoma that as of this posting has 20 confirmed deaths and 145 people hospitalized. People are still being pulled from the rubble. These are the types of tweets I am reading:
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But then I see this:
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And I wonder is this love?
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Related links:
- Great blog response by Nate Pyle: John Piper’s Incomprehensible Tweet
- Read Denny Burk’s response and why he supports Piper’s tweet
- Rachel Held Evans: The abusive philosophy of “deserved” tragedy
- Wade Burleson’s excellent article: When Love Trumps Theology: The Moore Tornado
- Bekah Mason’s blog: Dr. Piper, You are Wrong on this one.
- Zack Hunt – Words alone cannot describe how good this post is: A Christian Defense of Job
- Piper’s Desiring God article: Those Deleted Tweets explains what happened with the deleted tweets
- Matt Redmond: Some Thoughts on John Piper’s Tweet
- Doug Wilson: Rachel Held Evans Denies the Cat
- StandFirm: The Abusive Hermeneutics of Rachel Held Evans
- Wade Burleson: Cities are People: The Relational Disconnect of Some Calvinists
- Steve Smith of Liberty for Captives: 6 Reasons Why Christian Leaders Respond Inappropriately to Tragedy
- Chaplain Mike at Internet Monk: John Piper, Miserable Comforter
- ChrisHubbs.com: A plea to John Piper on the use of social media
- Bill Kinnon at kinnon.tv: An Important Essay from Scot McKnight on Meticulous Sovereignty
The Legal “Perfect Storm” for Enabling Sex Abuse
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First things first - I have seen several news reports wrongly report that Judge Burrell recently dismissed the Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) lawsuit. That is not true. I contacted Attorney Susan Burke to make sure I was understanding it correctly and asked if she could send me a statement and she did:
Sovereign Grace Ministries Lawsuit Whirlwind Recap
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This Sovereign Grace Ministries lawsuit has been said to be the largest of its kind in evangelical churches in the last century. People need to be paying attention. The lawsuit came as a result of people sharing their stories on survivor blogs, eventually connecting, and taking action with an attorney. Blogger, Micah Murray got it right when he tweeted this:
Court’s Ruling on Sovereign Grace Ministries Alleged Sex Abuse Cover-Up Lawsuit
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I just found this report. I am heartbroken. What a huge disappointment to the plaintiffs.
