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Not sure if this is sarcastic or not, but Cedarville is FAR from fundamentalist.

I believe Facebook definitely has an agenda and it goes against Christian principles. They do allow churches to post their sermons and people will frequently post their Bible verses and prayer requests and praises. I don't see that being hindered. They will block posts that begin to gain...

I understand the cyclical mantra of declaring all to be lost whenever the desired candidate doesn't get elected. It is enacted by all groups and Christians fall into the same trap. I think what is happening in our society is a moving us closer toward the loss of religious liberty, not who won...

This is a good point. If you are mad at Facebook and believe the problem to be social media, why are you using Facebook and social media to declare your message?

It will happen. Maybe not this time, but it will happen. They continue to ramp up the narrative. Suggest the extreme and then get done what they really wanted while some still foment about the extreme. Over time, the extreme keeps becoming more extreme and we acquiesce to what the original...

This has already passed in my state.

Watching posts on facebook, it appears many of my Baptists brethren want to take up arms or form some type of rebellion. Others are hoping they will make enough stir on social media that the evil in power will be exposed and banished from the land. I don't think either of these are great...

I cannot find anywhere in history where there is true religious freedom for longer than 200 years. In America, one of our founding tenants was the issue of freedom of religion. Yet, I believe we are now seeing the beginnings of religious persecution in our land. I see it beginning in the name...

If you are driving a $400,000 Bentley and your staff only get a $30,000 Mustang, it is much worse than JH driving the mail car and his staff driving other beaters.

A big ol pick up truck is the only thing that can haul that fat man!

Back in the day, Key staff members were given a lease car that the church provided every 3 years. Most staff also had a second car that was a beater. JH taught that you should pay your staff such that they continue to be reliant upon God. Then, the church can swoop in with extra gifts at...

Good for you! Sounds like you accomplished quite a bit. Honestly - I am not attacking - I am curious. Why would you say your experience was akin to a witness protection program? Did you fear for your safety after leaving? Honestly, I don't get it. Maybe my experience was just different...

My thoughts: 1. Anyone can sin. Sexual sin is in every denomination, sub-denomination, group and camp. It is not just a problem in a particular group. Anyone can sin and everyone does sin. 2. Just because someone sins does not mean that the good they did in their life is no longer good. King...

I have had the "exit meeting," but it looked different. I was on staff and explaining what new ministry I was heading to. I never really voiced my displeasure, even though I had displeasure. I tried meeting with a pastor where I was a member but not staff once to warn him about the heresy he...

I think Jerry is viewing things through discolored glasses. I was terminated from an IFB church because I discovered the pastor embezzling money, though at the time, I didn't realize what I had discovered. All we knew was that we had been fired. We went to another Baptist church in a...

Most IFB churches don't own your house, car and paycheck. You must have come to Hammond as an adult, eventually joined the staff and found it wasn't a utopia. It is not uncommon for a church employee of Christian denominations to be given a parsonage. It is not uncommon for a church employee...

I get what you are saying there. But it only applies to large churches such as Hammond and the people who grew up there. It certainly does not apply to the average IFB church of less than 150 people, because they don't have all of the everything. For those who grew up there, it is really all...

I have issue with the IFB being called a cult because it is hard to leave. I believe this to be more in the imagination of those leaving than anything else. Yes, there are some churches (Tom Neal) that actively tell people not to have fellowship with those who are leaving on a critical note...

Not sure why all the formatting stuff is in my reply box.

So, you watch everything he does with the same intent? You infatuate yourself with a person just to broadcast everything you think they do wrong? If you are unhappy with JH and JV doing such, why are you doing it?