Monthly Archives: September 2011

THE PULPIT VACANCY LIST is up. Note the Atlantic Northeast listing. John Ballinger, call your office.

ON THE NEWS THAT ROB BELL IS MOVING ON: “Well,” said the Scots lad when he listened to the minister who told his congregation that there was no hell, or at any rate only a temporary punishment, “Well,” said he, … Continue reading →

WITH ALL THE EFFORT by the liberals to disallow the rejection of certain Standing Committee recommendations to Annual Conference, why not forbid all rejection of Standing Committee recommendations? Or postpone proposed floor amendments until the next Annual Conference? Why not … Continue reading →

WHAT COHABITATION DOES for marriage. A sample: If couples want to dramatically boost their likelihood of divorcing once married, few things so widely practiced will ensure that than cohabiting. This is just the opposite of what most believe. ***** If … Continue reading →

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY IS FLIRTING with religious suppression.

EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THIS: Texas School Punishes Boy for Opposing Homosexuality. Makes home education look better all the time.

Newsline, in defiance of Annual Conference, promotes two pro-gay videos produced by BMC-LGBTQA. Isn’t it clear that the denominational staff and information services are on-board with promoting that which Annual Conference says is unacceptable and implied sin? From a Virginia … Continue reading →

NEWPORT CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN at Shenandoah, Virginia is holding revival, September 25-28, with Hal Sonafrank as guest speaker. Services begin Sunday morning and continue each evening through Wednesday. BLUE RIVER CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, Columbia City, Indiana, will have … Continue reading →

A CONTINUING EDUCATION EVENT, FOR THOSE ESPECIALLY in Northern Ohio: Dr. Ken Walther, of Ashland Theological Seminary, will present Jerusalem Through the Ages. Through artifacts, slides and stories, Dr. Walther will help the student envision Jerusalem as it changed through … Continue reading →

ANGEL FOOD MINISTRIES IS out of business.

SIX REASONS TO BE a faithful member of a local church.

YES, IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED: The “Christianists” Aren’t Taking Over This Week. …if anybody in America ever establishes a theocracy, it is unlikely to be evangelicals.  Almost all American evangelicals come out of religious traditions that were persecuted … Continue reading →

DOES THIS AMOUNT to schism in the Church of the Brethren? Some more moderate observers think so, though what is being heard is that this “non-geographical district” has little chance of acceptance. In the early 1990′s, some evangelicals (but not … Continue reading →

RUSSELL MOORE HAS thoughts on Pat Robertson that you should not miss.

PAT ROBERTSON SAYS Alzheimer’s makes divorce OK. I guess it doesn’t matter what Jesus says. ABC’s Terry Moran has more here. It is hard to imagine a religious leader condoning divorcing a spouse who has cancer, or MS, or Parkinson’s, … Continue reading →

NEWSLINE IS much appreciated, as it actually has news and information in it. Yet sometimes, it would be good for it to have news of a more spiritual, churchly nature. For example, if a congregation is experiencing revival and an … Continue reading →

Tim Harvey, moderator of the 2012 Church of the Brethren Annual Conference, will speak at the 10 a.m. service of the Blue River Church of the Brethren, 3040 E. 700 North, Columbia City, Indiana, on Sunday, September 18, 2011.  His … Continue reading →

The New Testament says nothing about how the affairs of the state should be conducted. We don’t try and tell the government how to conduct its affairs, how much tax to levy, and this sort of thing. We let these … Continue reading →

PAUL CRAWFORD WRITES Four Myths About the Crusades.  

Brethren Revival Fellowship General Meeting September 10, 2011 Shiloh Church of the Brethren Kasson, West Virginia 10:00 A.M. – 3:45 P.M. The BRF General Meeting will be held Saturday, September 10, 2011, at the Shiloh Church of the Brethren meetinghouse … Continue reading →

SOMETHING YOU WON’T FIND ON Newsline or in Messenger: Over a thousand people attended the second weekend of the 59th Annual Church of the Brethren Camp Meeting at the Rhodes Grove Camp and Conference Center near Chambersburg, PA. It was … Continue reading →

RODNEY STARK AND BYRON JOHNSON CALL OUT George Barna’s latest “research” on women attending church. Also Frank Turk writes an open letter to George Barna.

“Environmentalists worship nature itself and not the God Who created it.” ~Bro. David Wenger, at the Church of the Brethren Camp Meeting, September 2, 2011.