They changed your article? Every since jok I find the whole emerging church thing a little fascinating. Not because I am for it but just the sociological phenomena that it is (or is trying to be). Peace, Steve Derick Dickens wrote: > Steve, > > No, this was for LifeWay :) > > I wish I was joking, but it is the truth :) Believe it or not, it > actually changed something at LifeWay, they saw some stuff that looked > wrong, though it was not wrong, and they changed it. > > Derick > > ------------------------------------ > Wallers Baptist Church > Pastor > derick@... > PO Box 95 > Partlow VA 22534 > tel: 540-582-5703 > mobile: 540-894-1772 > www.thedickensfamily.org > ------------------------------------ > > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Steven G. Rockhill [mailto:revrock@...] >>Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:06 PM >>To: pastorsforum@... >>Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Lifeway >> >> >>Derick, >> Is this article on your site - I did a search and couldn't >>find it - >>could you send me the link. >> >>Steve >> >>Derick Dickens wrote: >> >>>David, >>> >>>I wrote an article against the Emergent Church movement. >> >>Someone went >> >>>to my bookstore searched and found a couple of those >> >>authors and then >> >>>blasted me for my "support" and "hypocrisy". My response >> >>was simple. >> >>>Of the hundreds of thousands of titles out there that I can >> >>"ban" I have >> >>>banned around 50,000 titles. Of the rest, I expect people to use >>>discernment in what they read. Some of the material I >> >>refuse to ban >> >>>because they are good to help us understand other viewpoints. Some >>>titles I have not banned are because they have passed my >> >>watchful eye, >> >>>others because I believe it is good to be able to get that >> >>book somewhere. >> >>> >>>On that, the SBC is very clear on the Catholic issue as I am on the >>>Emergent Church issue. >>> >>>Derick >>> >>> >>>Derick Dickens <http://www.thedickensfamily.org/> >>> >>> >>>Pastor Wallers Baptist Church >>>PO Box 95 >>>Partlow VA 22534 >>> >> >><http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=PO+Box+95&csz= >>Partlow+VA+22534&country=us> >> >>>derick@... <mailto:derick@...> >>>www.thedickensfamily.org <http://www.thedickensfamily.org/> >>>tel: >>>mobile: 540-582-5703 >>>540-894-1772 >>> >>> >>> >>>Signature powered by Plaxo <http://www.plaxo.com/signature> >> >> Want a >> >>>signature like this? <http://www.plaxo.com/signature> >>> >>>Add me to your address book... >>><https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=21475105341&v0=517300&k0=393677647> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Pastor David Warner [mailto:dwarner@...] >>> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 12:24 PM >>> To: pastorsforum@... >>> Subject: RE: [PastorsForum] Lifeway >>> >>> All of these books, which are available from LifeWay, speak of >>> Mother Teresa as a model and example of love, >> >>godliness, and virtue >> >>> that ought to be followed by all Christians. Isn't >> >>that ashamed! >> >>> >>> >>> >>> David Warner >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> >>> To a Daughter Turning 10 >>> >>> Written by Erich Bridges >>> >>> >>> >>> You inherited a love of reading from Grandma. Nancy >> >>Drew mysteries >> >>> and "American Girl" books will soon fall by the >> >>wayside, but make >> >>> the Word of God your daily companion. And don't forget the >>> biographies you've read about women of God: Lottie Moon, Amy >>> Carmichael, Gloria Thurman, Mother Teresa and others. >> >>Many of the >> >>> greatest missionaries first heard God's gentle call at your age. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> >>> God Is the Key to Your Teen's Healthy Self-Esteem >>> >>> by Cecil O. Kemp >>> >>> >>> >>> Share How Service Fulfills and Satisfies. >>> >>> Consider this example: >>> Once, during her daily rounds in the city of Calcutta, >> >>Mother Teresa >> >>> found a dying woman in the street. Her body was >> >>infested with worms, >> >>> and she suffered from a gangrenous leg that had obviously been >>> gnawed by rats. She picked the woman up and carried her >> >>back to the >> >>> Home for the Dying and for the Abandoned. There she >> >>bathed the woman >> >>> in warm water and put her into a warm and clean bed. >>> >>> As she fought for her life, the dying woman told Mother >> >>Teresa that >> >>> she had lived "like an animal on the streets," had never enjoyed >>> such fine accommodations and could now die like a human being, >>> surrounded by love. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> Parents Again >>> >>> by Dr. Timothy Clinton >>> >>> >>> >>> Love >>> In addition to basic physical needs, infants need love. >> >>So cuddle >> >>> your grandchild. Talk to him. Smile, laugh, and enjoy >> >>him. Make eye >> >>> contact frequently. These are all ways you can >> >>communicate with your >> >>> grandson and show him he is valued and loved. Mother Teresa once >>> said, "The biggest disease today is not leprosy or >> >>tuberculosis, but >> >>> rather the feeling of being unwanted, uncared for, and >> >>deserted by >> >>> everybody. The greatest evil is the lack of love."2 Never >>> underestimate the power of love in your grandson's life. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> >>> Resurrecting Christmas: 12 Days Of Celebrating God's Way >>> >>> by Patrick Borders >>> >>> >>> >>> Serve the homeless. "And she wrapped Him snugly in >> >>cloth and laid >> >>> Him in a manger - because there was no room for them at the inn" >>> (Luke 2:7). Mother Teresa once said that to serve the >> >>homeless was >> >>> to serve the living Christ. (See Matthew 25:40.) Serve >> >>the homeless >> >>> this day by helping out in a shelter or soup kitchen. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> >>> 10 Questions for the Atheist >>> >>> by Scott Pruett >>> >>> >>> >>> Morality >>> Another transcendent entity that is a problem for atheism is >>> morality. With no divine author or judge there is no reason to >>> think that there should be any moral laws that we are obliged to >>> recognize and keep, except for self-serving reasons. And yet, >>> morality aligns with our deepest intuitions: we expect others to >>> recognize it; we urge our kids to exercise it; >> >>therapists get rich >> >>> repairing the effects of its abuse; we judge criminals insane if >>> they do not recognize it; and all cultures affirm it in common >>> principle if not in individual application. >>> Do you deny objective morality; that the difference >> >>between Mother >> >>> Teresa and Hitler is not just a matter of preference, >> >>like chocolate >> >>> vs. vanilla ice cream? If not, then how do you ground >> >>morality; how >> >>> do you explain where it came from and why we ought to be moral >>>tomorrow? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> >>> The Power of One >>> >>> by Michael D. Warden >>> >>> >>> >>> When my friend Joel Vestal was 19, he took a trip to >> >>India to visit >> >>> a missionary friend of his, a fellow named Albert Das who had >>> devoted his life to planting new churches in northern >> >>Bihar. While >> >>> Joel was there, he had the opportunity to meet Mother >> >>Teresa - an >> >>> encounter he often refers to as a defining moment in his young >>>life. >>> >>> By the time he returned to the States, Joel's heart had been >>> transformed. Abandoning his personal ambitions, he launched a >>> nonprofit organization designed to multiply the church >> >>around the >> >>>world. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From the book: >>> >>> Faith Reborn >>> >>> by Brian McLaren >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> The Personal Drama >>> >>> The historical reality of the Easter story doesn't make >> >>it merely >> >>> "objectively true." The Easter story is also amazingly personal. >>> >>> And the stories aren't limited to the pages of the Bible. The >>> stories have been unfolding for 2000 years: from Mother Teresa >>> holding a dying old man in Calcutta to C.S. Lewis >> >>writing majestic >> >>> fiction in his Oxford cottage; from teenagers on a short-term >>> mission building homes for the poor in Guatemala to >> >>martyrs facing >> >>> imprisonment and torture; from Handel scribbling notes >> >>that would >> >>> become "The Messiah" to a Sunday School teacher >> >>preparing a lesson >> >>> for the 5-year-olds she loves. The amazing drama of Easter has >>> inspired courage, heroism, love, sacrifice, artistic creativity, >>> strength and gentleness. What a different place the >> >>world is because >> >>> of these thousands of stories inspired by the Story >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: >>>pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... >>> >>>"In essential things, unity; in non-essential things, >> >>liberty; and in >> >>>all things, charity." >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: >>>pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... >>> >>>"In essential things, unity; in non-essential things, >> >>liberty; and in >> >>>all things, charity." >>> >>> >> >>-- >>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>++++++++++++++++ >>Pastor Steven G. 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