Heartlight Ministries/Mark Gregston

Susan R
I came across http://www.heartlightministries.org/ Heartlight Ministries the other day, and have been browsing the site. Has anyone here heard of them or used their resources? If so, what did you think of its Biblical accuracy and methodology, and the idea of a Christian boarding school for particularly troubled teens?


Christian Boarding School and Counseling for Troubled Teens

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Dallas Baptist Church Ousted over Gay Deacons

SI Filings
“The vote … against Royal Lane Baptist Church was in keeping with the convention’s stance that homosexual behavior is sinful.”

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Is Accountability Biblical??

pastorwesh

A few week ago, I had a private conversation with someone who is in a teaching role at our church. During this conversation I was made aware that this individual had fallen in the area of pornography. He felt that the Lord was using some medical issues he was having as a way to “get his attention”. As I began to gather some information from him, he stated that he had repented of his sin, and had not fallen again in this area since last November. As I began to speak tohim about the need for him to be accountable with someone about this, he strongly disagreed with me.

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Many Denominations: The Positive Side

Ed Vasicek

“If the Bible is true, why are there so many denominations?” What Christian has not fielded this question? Yet there is an unspoken assumption behind this objection, namely, that having one denomination is somehow a good thing. I suggest that the opposite is true. Bigger is not always better.

“But didn’t the Head of the Church, Jesus Christ, teach that there should be just one denomination? Wouldn’t the church be more effective if we had one central voice?”

When the churches were one

Before we explore these valid concerns, let me prime your mind by asking a few questions of my own. When most of Christendom was part of one denomination, how ideal were things? Before 1054 AD (when the Eastern Orthodox Church split from the old Western Catholic Church), the overwhelming majority of Christendom considered itself Catholic and somewhat loyal to Rome. Both forms of Christianity had wandered far from the simplicity of Scripture centuries before the split. Were Christian laymen mighty in the Scriptures? Was the gospel of salvation by grace through faith spreading throughout the world?

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Does a "to the Jews first" reading of Romans 1:16 endanger the Great Commission?

Matt Walker
I got my copy of The Everlasting Nation this week, the May/June issue…I guess I rarely read it carefully. For some reason I did read this one all the way through. In most of the articles the writers were espousing their interpretation of Romans 1:16 that “to the Jews first” is a statement of priority, not a reference to how the gospel was communicated historically. In other words, when starting a new church Christians are required to first go to the Jews of the community and try to evangelize them.

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How Crucial is Focus (Concentration) In Worship?

Ed Vasicek

Poll Results

How Crucial is Focus (Concentration) In Worship?

indispensible: Worship Without Our Concentration is a Farse Votes: 11
Extremely important and required as the rule Votes: 5
Important Votes: 2
Somewhat important Votes: 0
Not important Votes: 0
Varies with the person Votes: 1
Other Votes: 0

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Churchplanting Timelines and Amounts

Brandon King
I would like fellow churchplanters and or pastors to share timelines they have used in planting a church or assisting in a churchplant. Included in these timelines would be:

1) Date of opening service

2) Date for chartering service

3) Date that your church fully supports you as pastor or length of time Supporting church will support a churchplanter

4) Date you began raising funds for land/building/or Capital Improvements of leased rental

Amounts

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A Question About Separation?

pastorwesh
Gentlemen,

I have a question that is very important to me, and hopefully will be of use to guys who have not faced this issue yet.

I am in a quandary about an issue that I am in the middle of, even as I type this post…

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