{"id":5267,"date":"2014-10-01T10:29:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T10:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2014\/10\/01\/wll-see-you-at-pole-safe-radio-is-dangerous-mental-illness\/"},"modified":"2014-10-01T10:29:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T10:29:00","slug":"wll-see-you-at-pole-safe-radio-is-dangerous-mental-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wll-see-you-at-pole-safe-radio-is-dangerous-mental-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"WLL: See You At The Pole; Safe Radio is Dangerous; Mental Illness in Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tA fresh crop of October links! Mind you, they&#39;re all dated September. But they&#39;re new to you.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>\n\t\tCampus prayer focus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpnews.net\/43429\/see-you-at-the-pole-marks-24-years\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">See You At The Pole turned 24 last week<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tMGM has acquired a 55 percent stake in the film and television <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/mark-burnett-roma-downey-ink-deal-with-mega-entertainment-company-for-faith-based-media-venture-126881\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">production company owned by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey<\/a>, the executive producers behind the Emmy-nominated &quot;The Bible&quot; series.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe family of Calvary Chapel&#39;s Chuck Smith have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/smith-636509-suit-chapel.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">launched a lawsuit against the church<\/a> over distribution of the late pastor&#39;s property, royalties and life insurance; and also elder abuse &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Staying with Orange County, CA megachurches, Christ Cathedral, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/articles\/cathedral-636281-campus-million.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the former Crystal Cathedral, will see a $113M renovation<\/a> including reworking the glass panes &quot;which create excessive heat and light and bad acoustics&quot; to be replaced with &quot;new, white panels, called petals, that will open at varying degrees.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tHow reading demographic trends should lead to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unseminary.com\/8-charts-that-explain-how-our-culture-is-changing-24-questions-about-the-impact-on-your-church\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">churches asking some serious questions<\/a>, at a ratio of three questions to every stat.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tEssay of the Week: A r<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ancientfaith.com\/twocities\/banning-hiding-place-future-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">esponse to the purging of Christian-themed and Christian-published books<\/a> in a California charter school.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe locations are sometimes called &#39;third spaces&#39; and the ministry style is often termed &#39;incarnational&#39; but in Seattle <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jesusdust.com\/2014\/09\/third-places-as-sacred-spaces.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">these churches take many forms<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#39;Team Soul Surfers&#39; on reality show The Amazing Race consists of shark bite survivor and Christian author Bethany Hamilton and husband Adam Dirks. While Bethany&#39;s handicap has sparked some <a href=\"http:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/2014\/09\/26\/amazing-race-premiere-bethany-hamilton-season-25\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">media attention for Season 25<\/a>, the pair <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Amazing_Race_25\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">finished last Friday in 5th place<\/a> out of 11.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tTuition = $0.00 &mdash; Ranked #1 on a listing of top Christian colleges, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldmag.com\/2014\/09\/a_tale_of_two_colleges\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the school operates tuition-free<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&quot;Every pastor is an interim pastor.&quot; New book deals with <a href=\"http:\/\/bakerpublishinggroup.com\/books\/next\/349800\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">leadership transitions and succession<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tCanada&#39;s national television network reports on the rise of The Sunday Assemblies, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/News\/TV+Shows\/The+National\/ID\/2535631823\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a network of atheist churches<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tLeviticus births an app as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.escgoat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the eScapegoat roams the internet<\/a> searching for sins to atone for at Yom Kippur. (No actual Halachic atonement implied.)(I like the site URL, escgoat &#8230; escape goat &#8230; eScapegoat.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tPreaching Place: Ten things to consider when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastoralized.com\/2014\/09\/24\/top-10-sermon-introduction-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">drafting the introduction to your sermon<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tMissions: If a particular part of scripture is not available in the language of a particular region, English is the next best thing. But all the easy-to-understand English versions of the past fifty years are protected by copyright. So Wycliffe Bible Translators offers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnnonline.org\/news\/wycliffe-associates-rolls-open-bible-stories\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">fifty open-source, copyright-free Bible stories<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe &quot;Sinner&#39;s Prayer&quot; is the latest dividing line, brought into focus because of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JPhEEzjU8xQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">remarks David Platt made<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=16076\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">some considered inflammatory<\/a>, even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=16124\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">prompting this response in song<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSunday nights at Willow Creek now include The Practice, an 18-month experiment which came out of asking, &quot;What if a church was more like a gymnasium than a classroom? What if the church gathering was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/le\/2014\/september-online-only\/holy-experiment.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a time when we came together to practice <\/a>rather than just listen?&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSome Christian radio stations may be &quot;safe for the whole family,&quot; but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchformen\/2014\/09\/how-christian-radio-poisons-boys-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">following Jesus is dangerous<\/a>. (Wait &#39;til you see the title of this one.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOnline congregations can watch rebroadcasts or on-demand. Saddleback had 162 rebroadcasts, one almost every hour of the week, but <a href=\"http:\/\/jaykranda.com\/2014\/09\/18\/why-on-demand-is-better-than-rebroadcast-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">switched last month to on-demand<\/a> for several reasons.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tZondervan author Christine Caine is launching <a href=\"http:\/\/propelwomen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Propel, a digital magazine<\/a> for women in leadership.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tLast week we noted four reasons why church choirs are dying; this week we&#39;re given <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theologyinworship.com\/2014\/09\/23\/9-reasons-to-keep-the-church-choir-alive\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">nine reasons to keep the choir going<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIf you missed it, last week CT launched a new page, Third Culture with Peter Chin, &quot;a term used by sociologists to describe individuals who don&rsquo;t fit neatly into one cultural category or another, be it ethnically, racially, or culturally.&quot; Or, as the tag line suggested, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/peter-chin\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the faith of the hyphenated<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tTwo weeks ago Pope Francis spoke about resurrection causing one writer to wonder <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.spectator.co.uk\/damian-thompson\/2014\/09\/does-pope-francis-believe-in-the-rapture\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">if the Pope believes in the rapture<\/a>?<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWhat were the odds? Not only did this blog&#39;s print equivalent, Leadership Journal do a cover story on &#39;Neuro Ministry,&#39; but <a href=\"http:\/\/whyismarko.com\/why-should-we-care-about-adolescent-brain-development-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">so did Youth Worker Magazine<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tYet another Christian film to report, this one opening in select markets on November 7th. As I dig deeper, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianheadlines.com\/blog\/modern-day-prodigal-son-film-coming-to-theaters.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Wayward: The Prodigal Son<\/em> seems to have a Mormon connection<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThere are so many ways I could introduce this link; so many different ways you could tag this. Perhaps sufficient to say our children are entering <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/tonyjones\/2014\/09\/29\/transgender-teens-are-the-next-target-of-minnesota-bigots\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">a time of rapidly shifting paradigms<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tJohn Piper&#39;s four reasons why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/blog\/posts\/why-we-neglect-our-bibles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">people don&#39;t open their Bibles between Sundays<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tJamie Wright is suffering from Post Short Term Overseas Trip Disorder (PSTOTD) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theveryworstmissionary.com\/2014\/09\/consumed-by-thoughts-of-consumerism-and.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">finding it difficult to go shopping<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAnother church does the &quot;reverse offering&quot; thing; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/chi-chicago-church-gives-money-for-good-deeds-20140923-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this one handing out $500 checks<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThey shall drink deadly gasoline and it will not harm them. Like it or not, there are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oq5qYNH3ZZ4\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">strange things done in the name of Christianity<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tA company that sells domain names reported last month that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hover.com\/blog\/top-20-gtlds-september-15-21-2014\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">.CHURCH was in eighth place<\/a> among top level domains &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Speaking of cool addresses, there&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/forgive.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>forgive.me<\/em><\/a> one of many from the Billy Graham association.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tParenting Place: Carlos Whittaker wants to remember to <a href=\"http:\/\/ragamuffinsoul.com\/2014\/09\/5things\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">tell his daughter five things<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tEven pastors sometimes skip over the genealogies. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/info.alliancenet.org\/christward\/6-ways-to-benefit-from-reading-genealogies#.VCh6E1eRMTA\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">six directives to slow down<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIn the UK, children under the age of consent were tested for sexually transmitted diseases, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christian.org.uk\/news\/parents-left-in-dark-over-sti-tests-for-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">without parents being informed<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Also in the UK, Catholic and Jewish schools are being <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christian.org.uk\/news\/faith-schools-to-teach-other-religions-cabinet-divided\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">forced to teach the tenets of other faiths<\/a> as part of a religious studies program that allowed them to simply teach their own doctrines.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tStatistically, at most of your churches, the issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2014\/09\/28\/protestant-clergy-mental-illness_n_5868928.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">mental illness doesn&#39;t come up in a sermon<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Also at Huffington, a pastor pledges four things <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/john-pavlovitz\/if-i-have-gay-children-fo_b_5869298.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">if he has gay children<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIf you need something for Facebook today, <a href=\"http:\/\/scottmccown.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/25\/ten-things-to-think-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">copy\/paste or link this one<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOn my own blog this week, getting inside <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/28\/we-dont-go-to-restaurants\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the culture of restaurant-abstinence<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThis time it&#39;s a member congregation of the Mennonite Church USA that&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/09\/27\/lack-of-discipline-against-homosexuality-prompts-mennonite-usa-church-to-leave-denomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">leaving the denomination over<\/a> &#8230; the usual issue.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tFinally, when successive church building programs go <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EarthPix\/status\/512950736817512448\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">vertical instead of horizontal<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<em>Paul Wilkinson wishes to publicly thank his proofreader, his wife Ruth; who also checks his writing at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity201.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity 201<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh crop of October links! 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