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Abusive churches: what happens to those who leave?
By Aaron Lord
Posted on July 2, 2011

I’m not quite done with my series on the mainline church, and I hope to put up the remaining posts soon. For now, I came across a passage that I wanted to share. [Read More]
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- spiritual abuse
- ecclessiology
Barefoot no more
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 30, 2011

My personal barefoot revolution is over. [Read More]
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- minimalist footwear
- Running shoes
Law & Gospel
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 12, 2011

One of my favorite books. Two of the things that have really helped me grow up spiritually in the last few years have been coming to an understanding of covenant theology as a framework for interpreting the Old Testament, and a right understanding of the relationship of Law and Gospel.... [Read More]
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- law and gospel
- presbyterian
Attributes of a Healthy Church
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 11, 2011

I jotted down a couple thoughts during a recent worship service at the local Presbyterian church: Tiny church: you feel alone, like it's you vs. the world. Big church: you worship God in community, gathered, hundreds of voices together. You don't feel like it's "us vs. world". Driving around downtown... [Read More]
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- church
- polity
- schatz
- presbyterian
The Marks of an Abusive Church
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 10, 2011

Before I discuss the marks of a healthy church, which I will do in my next post, I need to go into some background a little bit. I have a lot of baggage when it comes to churches. Through several years of chaos since experiencing a painful church split a... [Read More]
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Historic Confessions vs. the Contemporary Statement of Faith
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 8, 2011

A page in the PC(USA) Book of Confessions “[W]e do not approach God's Word as if we were the first people to read and interpret it. In fact, we draw upon 2,000 years of study, exegesis, reflection, and interpretation that testify to the truths of Scripture.” —Daniel R. Hyde The... [Read More]
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Diversity and the Nature of the Church
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 6, 2011

“The great strength of Presbyterianism is its uncanny knack of fostering a fellowship in which people of different viewpoints continue to dialogue.” —David Robert Ord Here is a very concise statement on the nature of the true church: “The true church is one where the Word is rightly preached and... [Read More]
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Why not “Mainline”?
By Aaron Lord
Posted on June 6, 2011

More than a decade ago, I was part of a church that sent “missionaries” to Scotland to try to show the Presbyterians how to do church, and I went on two such mission trips myself. In the years since, I have come to see that it’s all the rest of... [Read More]
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- presbyterian
No Christian had any notion of a secret rapture before 1830
By Aaron Lord
Posted on May 23, 2011

In keeping with the theme of refuting dispensationalism, I wanted to post this link to an article about the secret rapture theory from a Reformed Baptist perspective, written by Brian Schwertley in 1999. He writes, Whenever a Christian encounters a doctrine that has not been taught by anyone in any... [Read More]
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BlogPress iPhone app review
By Aaron Lord
Posted on May 22, 2011

Downloading BlogPress was my last-stitch effort to save my Blogger blog. So much of my online activity revolves around my iPhone that my blog has suffered in recent years, since Blogger doesn’t have a mobile version. I can post drafts via email, but they always end up with funny line... [Read More]
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- iphone

Abusive churches: what happens to those who leave?

Barefoot no more

Law & Gospel

Attributes of a Healthy Church

The Marks of an Abusive Church

Historic Confessions vs. the Contemporary Statement of Faith

Diversity and the Nature of the Church

Why not “Mainline”?

No Christian had any notion of a secret rapture before 1830

BlogPress iPhone app review