Sovereign Grace Ministries…Uncensored

We have moved!!

March 16, 2008 at 9:29 pm (Blogging, C.J. Mahaney, Charismatic Reformed, Josh Harris, Larry Tomczak, PDI, People of Destiny, Reformed, Reformed Charismatic, Sovereign Grace, Sovereign Grace Ministries, TAG, Take And Give, Uncategorized, Wikipedia, charismatic, control, controlling, courtship, cult, homeschooling, patriarchy, shepherding, shepherding movement, spiritual abuse)

We have moved this blog to a new site. This move enables us to offer a forum (separate from blog articles) where everybody can generate conversation starters and add to the discussion.

To participate in the forum, you will need to register. But don’t let this intimidate you! This does NOT mean you cannot remain anonymous. You merely register your “user name” (the same one you’ve been using here, on the old site) with a valid email address. You will choose a password, and when your registration is approved, you will receive an email with your first login information.

That’s all there is to it.

Once again, please note what forum registration does NOT involve:

You will NOT have to register with your real name, unless you choose to do so.
You will NOT have to sacrifice any bit of anonymity.
You will NOT have to select a new “handle” - you can keep the same name you’ve always used for your comments here.

We believe this transition will serve everyone so much better! Please join me in expressing appreciation to Guy Behind the Scenes, who spent all his free time this weekend setting the whole thing up and moving all the old stuff over to the new site.

And please hurry on over and register!

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Please feel free to add your voice to the discussion. But before you do so, here are a few things you should know.
1. If this is your first post, or if you’re posting using a different email address, or if your post contains more than 1 link, your comment will be held in the moderation queue until a moderator sends it through.
2. Our main rule here is to SPEAK THE TRUTH IN LOVE. If you have problems with this, then please refrain from posting.
3. Along those same lines, please give some consideration to how your “entrance” into the conversation might appear to those who have been “talking amongst themselves” for awhile. Obviously, we know that this blog is NOT the real world, but there are similarities. In the same way that it is rude to stride boldly up to a group and barge into their conversation, particularly if you’re bent on disagreeing with them, it can appear rude to do the same thing on a blog. A few little social niceties can go a LONG way. (I’m thinking of perhaps a single opening sentence of, “Hi, everybody, this is my first post here…”) (Also, remember Mary Poppins? – “A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down…”)
4. Here are my thoughts about the practice that some people have engaged in, which is to copy large portions of Scripture off of Biblegateway (or some other such site) and then paste them into comments: We can all use Scripture to beef up our opinions. We can wield the mighty two-edged sword all night long. We can even, like Peter in the Garden of Gethsemane, have the best of intentions and think that we are demonstrating our care and concern through how we swing our swords…never mind that we lop off a few ears in the meantime. I’d like to request that we quit quoting large amounts of Bible verses to make our pet points. HOWEVER, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INCLUDE SCRIPTURE REFERENCES where they apply. But quit copying and pasting whole passages into your comments. I have to confess, when I see familiar passages of Scripture like that, and when I know they’re coming from someone who is accusing me of “gossip” or some other such sin (like not being a peacemaker), I just sort of gloss over them. But by including the references and not the actual Scriptures, we will all be free to go look these Bible passages up on our own, in the privacy of our quiet time perhaps, when our hearts might be more receptive.
5. One last reminder – many of the people posting here have gone through some pretty harrowing experiences within their churches. It is understandable that many readers will desire to leap to these churches’ defense. While you’re certainly free to present such a defense, PLEASE be sensitive to the feelings of the folks who have shared their stories. Also, just know that if you fling certain accusations at these people, such as “gossip” or “slander,” it probably won’t help make your other remarks more convincing…and it’s also not very original, either.

Sovereign Grace Ministries…Uncensored

We have moved!!

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