FOUL!!! Doug Phillips: Repentance a Local Church Matter
Spiritual Sounding Board .com has a pretty decent piece that breaks down the literary absurdity of Doug Phillips’… “resignation update”? I am compelled to comment on this part of it which is a customary New Calvinist mantra:
The local church, not the Internet, is the proper forum for overseeing the details of a man’s repentance,
Oh really? Tell me if I am missing something here. If you get placed under church discipline in a local Reformed church, do they not state that they will inform any church of such that you try to attend? Also, in regard to New Calvinist mega church campus networks, is it not true that several instances of church discipline have been addressed via the internet? For example, the infamous James MacDonald video. Furthermore, most New Calvinist churches announce church discipline issues in the Sunday morning service with VISITORS PRESENT.
Moreover, does not the Bible state clearly that pastors who sin are to be rebuked PUBLICLY so the others will fear?
These guys are spiritual morons and a total waste of time. Is not the number of discernment blogs indicative of Christians trying to save something? Yes, the institutional church. The brick and mortar church. Why? We need a movement of home fellowships that will enable us to ignore these counterfeits. Trust me, the institutional church is not worth saving.
paul
Paul's Passing Thoughts 
The reason it’s so silly is that as long as he doesn’t tell us what is going on, then we will assume the worst. So it’s not helpin out his name. If he did the worst, then we already have assumed it, so he might as well say so. If he did a lot less than we think, he should say so becaues it will help him out.
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But it could be that his lawyer isn’t allowing him to say anything else.
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“Moreover, does not the Bible state clearly that pastors who sin are to be rebuked PUBLICLY so the others will fear?”
No. That’s talking about elders. 🙂 Because pastor is not even a biblical office to begin with.
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