by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
Posted in 2003 You wonder if, at the Nuremberg rallies, there was somebody… anybody… who looked around at the people with their arms out raised and crying, “Sieg heil!”, and said to themselves, “What am I doing here?”. Or better...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
8/2/08 A leader who trusts God will be content to let God work. Jesus is our King and Lord and is active in world events and in the lives of individuals. Jesus works through His Holy Spirit and in and through the lives of His Bride, the Church, the assembly of...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
Most Christian men get their view of what leadership should be from the world instead of from the New Testament. The influence on them comes from their workplace, popular culture, and religious traditions. Posted 11/6/07 Updated 11/13/07 Motivational Training Human...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 16, 2018 | Churchianity
Franklin Graham Festival? Billy Graham Crusade? Will Graham Celebration? [Posted 5/07 – updated 7/2018] Why do they name their organizations and bandwagon programs after themselves? Why do they seem to invade a region and try to merge all the churches? Do they...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 15, 2018 | Churchianity
3/18/07 updated 7/15/2018 and 3/30/2022 Questions in 2007 Does the Acts 29 Network seek to become the next Calvary Chapel non-denominational denomination? Will Mars Hill be the next Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa? Does Mark Driscoll plan to be the next Chuck...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 15, 2018 | Churchianity
Perhaps one or more of your leaders are tempted by pride and prestige. A Mega church guru (or wannabe) portrays himself as a Moses over the people and therefore a counterfeit Christ. He wants people to come hold his arms up as if he was the center of all that is...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 15, 2018 | Churchianity
Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the Lord...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 15, 2018 | Churchianity
Outcasts & Rejects from Churchianity Are you one? Three types of experiences: No opportunity to minister in your church Your church has coercive, oppressive leaders Your church is going down apostate paths What a blessing when one is a part of an assembly of...
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 15, 2018 | Churchianity
11/15/06 Updated 12/4/06 Young men are conditioned, by the World in general and by the Evangelical Subculture in particular, to see the Christian life as a career ladder in the Church to climb for ever increasing power and prestige. 1. Pew Sitter 2....
by Jim Baumgaertel | Jul 14, 2018 | Letters to the Editor
Attention: Lancaster County, PA !! Are there any Biblical House Churches in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania? Are there any assemblies, regardless of where you meet, that are elder-led, and committed to our Lord Jesus according to the Bible, without legalism, motivated...
