Tag: Twitter

ABUSE & VIOLENCE IN THE CHURCH, Clergy Misconduct, Domestic Violence, Mark Driscoll, Owen Strachan, Troubling Tweets, Tullian Tchividjian

Twitter Twaddles and Truths

Julie Anne

Sometimes there are tweets that really need to be seen wider than the Twitterverse. I will be compiling tweets to highlight here.

Franklin Graham, Learn to Discern, Troubling Tweets

Learn to Discern: Franklin Graham’s Tweet on the Outcome of the Presidential Election

Julie Anne

Franklin Graham, Twitter, Spiritual Abuse   I would like to discuss this tweet without making it political. I find it spiritually abusive, but not because it has to do with Trump winning. Look within the message. What can you find here that is spiritually abusive?   https://twitter.com/Franklin_Graham/status/809081143098277889

J.D. Hall, Troubling Tweets

JD Hall’s Public Confession Regarding His Twitter Conversation with Ergun Caner’s Son, Who Later Committed Suicide

Julie Anne

***JD Hall's public confession regarding the Braxton Caner exchange on Twitter. Yesterday, JD Hall made a public confession before his church family. It was then read again on his podcast here:***He also gave it to ABP to publish, Pastor repents for interaction with suicidal teen, along with their background article.Additionally, today I noticed that he has changed… Continue reading JD Hall’s Public Confession Regarding His Twitter Conversation with Ergun Caner’s Son, Who Later Committed Suicide

Evangelism, Ken Ham, Street Evangelism, Tony Miano, Young Earth Creation

Ham vs Nye Creation Debate and What Does a Good Gospel Presentation Look Like?

Julie Anne

** The gospel, and the many ways and opportunities in which it is presented:  Creation debates, evangelism, street preaching, etc. ** Watching social media discuss the Ken Ham vs Bill Nye creation debate, a word kept coming popping up all over the place:  the gospel.  Let's first look at its use within the widely publicized… Continue reading Ham vs Nye Creation Debate and What Does a Good Gospel Presentation Look Like?

Mark Driscoll, Troubling Tweets

Did Mark Driscoll really hang up on Janet Mefferd?

Julie Anne

*     *     * There's been a bunch of talk in social media about an interview Janet Mefferd conducted with Pastor Mark Driscoll. Here is where I first heard the interview: *     *     * The interview begins with Ms. Mefferd asking about Driscoll's appearance at John MacArthur's Strange… Continue reading Did Mark Driscoll really hang up on Janet Mefferd?

Need a Good Laugh?, Troubling Tweets

Twitter Add-a-Word-Ruin-a-Christian-Book Bandwagon and Christian Unity

Julie Anne

Scores of people tweeted the hashtag #AddaWordRuinaChristianBook Bandwagon and had fun tweeting modified Christian book titles, entirely changing the intent of the title, and making it Twitter's #1 US trend.

Patriarchal-Complementarian Movement, Street Evangelism, Troubling Tweets

Tony Miano: Tweeting from the Heart

Julie Anne

*     *     * I'm in the middle of working on an article about street evangelist Tony Miano and the recent evangelism conference sponsored by my former pastor, but just ran across this tweet and decided to post it for a quickie Sunday evening post. Tony, Tony, Tony!!   SMH! *  … Continue reading Tony Miano: Tweeting from the Heart

Failure to Report Crimes, It's All About the Image, Sexual Abuse/Assault and Churches, Sovereign Grace Ministries, Sovereign Grace Ministries Lawsuit, Spiritual Abuse, Troubling Tweets

The Clanging Cymbal Tweet of Pastor Jared Mellinger

Julie Anne

*     *     *  *     *     * I saw a disturbing tweet come through my Twitter feed by Jared Mellinger, senior pastor at Covenant Fellowship Church.  Please note that I typed "senior pastor."  Covenant Fellowship Church is part of Sovereign Grace Ministries, the same family of churches in… Continue reading The Clanging Cymbal Tweet of Pastor Jared Mellinger