The Problem of the Gifted Speaker
Written by Stephen Perks
One of the problems facing the Church in the Western world today is the problem posed by the “ministry” of those who are considered “gifted speakers” and consequently idolised by the Church. Stated in its most simple form this is the problem posed by the prioritizing of the personality, charisma, “profile,” popularity, stage presence and ability of the speaker as an orator and entertainer over the content of the message being delivered—in short, the triumph of style over content, the consequence of which has been the creation of an intellectually feeble-minded and theologically malnourished generation of churchgoers who are over stimulated by sentimental and mindless entertainment worship masquerading as spiritual edification.
The problem has a long history, but it is made particularly problematic today by the intellectual dumbing down process that currently afflicts British culture generally and has produced a semiliterate society. That the Church should also have fallen into this ditch is particularly problematic because her role in providing spiritual, moral and intellectual leadership for society is vital to the health of the nation. Without the leadership of the Church the nation cannot recover from its present descent into cultural degeneration and the neo-paganism that is its inevitably accompaniment. While the Church is obsessed with the mindless prioritising of style over content that is vitiating the cultural life of the nation as a whole she will remain useless and irrelevant to society, and therefore unable to provide the leadership that the nation so desperately needs
Is Group Economics the Answer, Part 3: Interview with Jovan Mackenzy, Part 2
Is Group Economics the Answer, Part 3: Interview with Jovan Mackenzy, Part 2
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Is group economics the answer to Church Planting in the black community? It is obvious that the black community, specifically in the inner city, there is are financial barriers which even affect church planting. Will the practice of group economics help in the restoration of the black community financially and spiritually?
Institutionalism and Relevance
Institutionalism and Relevance
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” . . . the attempt to produce relevance through solidifying institutional power and demanding submission to it will only produce more irrelevance.”
Assigned Reading:
– One Holy Local Church? The Ghettoization of Protestantism, Bojidar Marinov
Is Group Economics the Answer, Part 2: Interview with Jovan Mackenzy
Is Group Economics the Answer, Part 2: Interview with Jovan Mackenzy
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Is group economics the answer to Church Planting in the black community? It is obvious that the black community, specifically in the inner city, there is are financial barriers which even affect church planting. Will the practice of group economics help in the restoration of the black community financially and spiritually?
This is part 2 and includes and interview with rapper Jovan Mackenzy.
Out of respect for Trevaris Tutt, we add this notice that he no longer holds to these views.
Brian Abshire #2
Brian Abshire #2
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Reconstructionist pastor & veteran Brian Abshire joins Bill in the War Room for a second visit, and talks about church membership, the role of elders, private judgements, ecclesiastical tyranny, and the need for perseverance and a servant attitude when faced with a difficult situation.
Is Group Economics the Answer
Is Group Economics the Answer
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Is group economics the answer to Church Planting in the black community? It is obvious that the black community, specifically in the inner city, there is are financial barriers which even affect church planting. Will the practice of group economics help in the restoration of the black community financially and spiritually?
Out of respect for Trevaris Tutt, we add this notice that he no longer holds to these views.
The Nature, Government and Function of the Church: A Reassessment
Written by Stephen Perks
There is perhaps no subject that Christrians have discussed, debated and argued over more fiercely than that of the nature, government and function of the Church. In this book the author attempts to set out biblical principles that can, in the main, be acted upon and applied in all Christian Churches, regardless of denomination. In this way the author seeks to apply the Reformation dictum Ecclesia reformata semper reformanda—“the church reformed is always fit to be reformed”—to the modern Church in order to encourage a more faithful practice of the Church’s Great Commission in our day.
Ecclesiastical Megalomania
Ecclesiastical Megalomania
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David Chilton on Ecclesiastical Megalomania from the Third International Conference on Christian Reconstruction.
How To Prove We Are the Church of the Living God
How To Prove We Are the Church of the Living God
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In this episode we take on 1 Peter 4:7-19 as we discuss what it means to be the Church of the Living God in the midst of conflict and disagreement of different areas of doctrine and the work of the Church.
037: Shouldn’t Pastors Avoid Preaching About Politics?
037: Shouldn’t Pastors Avoid Preaching About Politics?
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In this Out of the Question Podcast #37, Charles and Andrea interview Pastor Joe Morecraft on the Bible’s call to not only discuss politics, but to call rulers and governments to covenantal faithfulness to the Lord Jesus Christ.