The new existence of such guidelines introduces the question of who has authority to interpret them, adding an until-now non-existent layer of control over the pulpit.
Read moreWithout a Wedding Garment, pt. 3
As I reflect on a number of representations on righteousness by faith which I have heard over the years, I feel I have too readily accepted the fanciful and incomplete ideas of false-gospel salesmen.
Read moreThe Torch of Religious Liberty Burns Bright In Northern New England Conference
In summary, here is a small conference striving, not to control members, but to uphold proper church order. The leaders are making an honest attempt to listen and work with their constituency.
Read moreChurch Authority and Conflict Resolution
The Church Manual limits the power of church authority, and functions like a bill of rights in the church, clarifying the obligations of members and adminstrators alike.
Read moreThe Total State: How Liberal Democracies Become Tyrannies
In 2020, when the most substantive global imposition against personal liberties arrived, nothing happened. Most sat on their hands and complied. The state piped, the people danced, and the Bill of Rights took a vacation.
Read morePastor Larry Kirkpatrick: Potomac Ordains Female LGBTQ Advocate
Although Seventh-day Adventists have agreed according to the Bible and church order in multiple General Conference Sessions not to ordain women to the gospel ministry, the Potomac Conference just ordained Joanne Cortes to the gospel ministry.
Read moreDigital Dollars, Religious Liberty & Laudate Deum
Failure to address this will mean in the next emergency the entire denominational structure could become captive to the global financial system.
Read moreResisting Church Authority Abuse 4: Limitations on Pastoral Authority
Representative governance on the congregational level is a necessity; having a pastor is a luxury. Even so, a godly pastor who empowers and equips the membership is an important asset to a congregation.
Read moreThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism—Kirkpatrick Reacts (part 2)
The results of social control and influence in this collectivist hive are already in-process. The voting patterns and moral attitudes of the age 30 and under group are deeply influenced by the signals and ideas propagated and amplified by Big Other.
Read moreThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism—Kirkpatrick Reacts (part 1)
And so, we are up against not simply state-level power, but an invasive, corporate, mercantile machine—an impersonal, morally-indifferent, digital succubus, collecting every possible scrap of data about us.
Read moreHitchens: Seizure of Power over the Mind—Kirkpatrick Reacts
I'm not here to incite gloom. But I want you to see it happening today, and have your part in preventing it from becoming reality tomorrow—at least in your church.
Read morePreaching in Hitler's Shadow—Kirkpatrick Reacts, pt. 2
In exchange for recognition and an appearance of legitimacy, in practice, coopted leadership acts to minimize the influence of "true believers." Members that are the most earnest and serious are marginalized.
Read moreThe Christian and Programmable Money (CBDCs)
Replacing cash with the use of programmable CBDCs could sharply tilt power from the everyday citizen toward government and corporate overlords. Social engineering could speed the end of both secular and religious freedom.
Read moreOrdinary Men: Reserve Police Batallion 101
Normal individuals enter an 'agentic state' in which they are the instrument of another's will. In such a state, they no longer feel personally responsible for the content of their actions but only for how well they perform.
Read moreClergy for Conscience Declaration: What is it?
Nation-states declared a global health emergency in 2020 and overran individual conscience, while no major religious denominations offered substantive support for individual rights of conscience.
Read moreBonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy
The Nazis worked relentlessly to take over the church, with most Germans happy with their new leader. Rules were eventually made requiring all pastors to take an oath of obedience to the Fuhrer. Most pastors took the oath.
Read moreReligious Liberty Threatened in Australia: No Jab, You Can't Serve In Church
This unholy conduit, once established, may be used again in the future to override the consciences of those whom the church should be protecting (1 Samuel 22:9—19).
Read moreUnderground Railroad 2021?
People think they would have hidden Jews from Nazis or that they would have helped slaves pass to freedom via the underground railroad if only they’d lived in those times. Maybe you think you would have.
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