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“Slickly Presented Opinionated Dogma” at Grace Bible Fellowship of Silicon Valley. by a man reviewer on YELP
“This church is pretty much as far right as is possible to find in the Bay Area. If you’re extremely conservative, and into biblical literalism (young earth, anti-evolution), reminders of the coming of the end, slickly presented opinionated dogma, Calvinism, and patriarchy, then this is a great place to explore and grow in that. Personally, it wasn’t for me, and I found it distasteful.”
– a man reviewer on YELP about his experience at Grace Bible Fellowship of Silicon Valley
Creationism and Jesus’ Blood – literally a problem. From Tim Fall’s blog
[From the archives.] I have no knock against six day creationists. I don’t ascribe to that doctrine myself but cannot see why I should say that others can’t hold to it as a way to read Genesis 1. I do, though, have a knock against someone who says that if you do not ascribe to a […]
via Creationism and Jesus’ Blood – literally a problem — Tim’s Blog – Just One Train Wreck After Another
What Should We Do About 9Marks and Other Abusive Churches? By Dale, guest post on The Wartburg Watch blog
Are 9Marks churches divisive? Dale says “YES!” and provides his “Top Ten List” of their “Dividic Kingdom”
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What Makes 9 Marks Churches So Unhealthy? By Dale on The Wartburg Watch blog
“Dever has a very high view of the skill set of a pastor, and a very low view of the abilities of the sheep.” – Dale
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Mind Games of Abusers: When Words Have No Meaning
If you dialogue with a spiritually abusive leader or cult member, prepare to enter a mind warp. The rules of sense, reason, and accepted definitions go out the window and are replaced with jargon, …
The Hi-jacking of Ephesians 5:22 – Marie O’Toole’s blog
When the call to ‘submit’ is wielded like a weapon, it is a sure sign that the follow-up verses on “loving [you] wife as Christ loved the Church” are not being obeyed. Christ never intimidates or t…
Source: The Hi-jacking of Ephesians 5:22
Church Membership Abuses at 9 Marks Churches by Dale for The Wartburg Watch blog
“9Marks churches are very dangerous places to attend church. The ones I had attended lacked love and integrity — two marks of a congregation of true worshipers (John 4:24)” writes Dale in his testimony
Church Membership Covenants Aren’t Needed Nor Biblical by Wade Burleson for The Wartburg Watch
“I need no covenant to guarantee that God will finish the work He’s begun in me.” Wade Burleson
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Fraudulent Authority book by Wade Burleson on The Wartburg Watch
“The church of Jesus Christ in the 21st century is losing its power to transform lives because of an infatuation with spiritual and moral authority that pastors take over people,” according to Wade Burleson
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