{"id":5315,"date":"2014-09-24T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2014\/09\/24\/wll-copycat-churches-lecrae-on-tonight-show-christian-harry\/"},"modified":"2014-09-24T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T08:00:00","slug":"wll-copycat-churches-lecrae-on-tonight-show-christian-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/wll-copycat-churches-lecrae-on-tonight-show-christian-harry\/","title":{"rendered":"WLL: Copycat Churches; Lecrae on Tonight Show; Christian Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThe links are on me! Because the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rna.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Religious Newswriters Association<\/a> members were at a convention last week, mysteriously, there was no news.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\t<li>\n\t\tWhen the courts rule allowing distribution of religious pamphlets, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forwardprogressives.com\/satanic-group-responds-religious-freedom-court-ruling-perfect-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">remember that means <em>all<\/em> religions.<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tVicky Beeching was interviewed by the Unbelievable podcast host Justin Brierley as to whether a person can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.premierchristianity.com\/Past-Issues\/2014\/October-2014\/Profile-Vicky-Beeching\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">still claim to be Evangelical if they are gay<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tFox News aired a 10-minute feature and <a href=\"http:\/\/video.foxnews.com\/v\/3786732614001\/exclusive-mariam-ibraheem-opens-up-about-harrowing-ordeal\/#sp=show-clips\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">first interview with Meriam Ibrahim<\/a> following her resettlement in the U.S &#8230;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\t&#8230; Meanwhile, Thursday (9\/25) marks the two-year anniversary of Saeed Abedini&#39;s imprisonment in Iran for his faith. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianpost.com\/news\/naghmeh-abedini-to-pray-outside-white-house-for-husbands-release-urges-obama-to-do-more-126826\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">His wife plans to hold a prayer vigil outside the White House<\/a> to urge the President and State Department to do more.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tCopycat Churches: &quot;When it comes to church planting in this decade, everyone is putting up the same taco stand.&quot; 25 questions to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/churchformen\/2014\/07\/the-church-planting-box\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">determine if you&#39;re just doing what everyone else is<\/a> . (This originally appeared in the summer, but is worth noting.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOn his CT blog The Exchange, Ed Stetzer proposes a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2014\/september\/we-need-new-way-to-credential-pastors.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">fresh paradigm for issuing pastor credentials<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tI&#39;m not sure what I would be thinking if the head of my denomination expressed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-29255318\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">frequent doubts about God&#39;s existence<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tSo how about a worship service that makes you feel <em>terrible<\/em>? &quot;We must first feel the weight of God&rsquo;s glory pressing us, pulverizing our vain attempts at good works into dust.&quot; Why part of worship&rsquo;s job is to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worshipcohort.org\/good-worship-makes-us-feel-scrutinized\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">make us feel uncomfortable<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tA Moody Publishing author slips in to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.truewoman.com\/?id=2941\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Oprah&#39;s Life You Want Weekend<\/a> in prayer, and leaves still praying.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWorlds Colliding: Ministry meets martial arts in a short clip from a New York State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y7kL4MSknq8\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">church&#39;s fight night<\/a>. (The most bizarre video you&#39;ll watch this week.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tOkay everyone, yes, I missed the irony in a link last week. That Caribbean study cruise is on the <a href=\"http:\/\/spiritualsoundingboard.com\/2014\/09\/20\/ligonier-ministries-to-offer-a-winter-cruise-in-2015-theme-is-enduring-persecution-and-suffering-faithfully\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">theme of enduring persecution and suffering<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tChurch History (Recent): Termed &quot;The most comprehensive summary of Youth for Christ&#39;s 70-year history that&#39;s been written;&quot; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yfc.net\/about\/storiesblog\/celebrating-70-years-of-youth-for-christ-yfcs-history-by-art-deyo\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">this takes you to a 25-page .pdf<\/a>. (Billy Graham was given <em>half<\/em> a desk to work at.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAn Orthodox Jewish sect posted notices around a section of London last week trying to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/news\/london\/hackney-council-removes-unacceptable-posters-telling-women-which-side-of-the-road-they-should-walk-on-9743995.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">segregate men and women on sidewalks<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThis just in: Church choral music is dying. Here&#39;s one person&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.religionnews.com\/2014\/09\/17\/many-church-choirs-dying-heres\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">suggestions as to why<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe noise is always louder when a <a href=\"http:\/\/christiannews.net\/2014\/09\/21\/nick-jonas-of-jonas-brothers-abandons-purity-ring-claims-this-is-a-real-growth-in-me\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrity falls off the purity wagon<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tRecycling the September Service Sermon: The problem with this message is that <a href=\"http:\/\/ericgeiger.com\/2014\/09\/2-unintended-consequences-idea-anyone-can-lead-group\/#.VCDC4VeRMTC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>not <\/em>everyone can lead a small group<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAcademic Alley: This review of <a href=\"http:\/\/thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevinwax\/2014\/09\/18\/how-5-different-ethicists-approach-the-new-testament\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">two chapters of a book on New Testament ethics<\/a> leaves me wanting to read more.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tEssay of the Week: Lots of buzz around the &#39;net for this refreshed and expanded &#39;guard your heart&#39; type of message that Sarah Bessey titled <a href=\"http:\/\/sarahbessey.com\/guard-gates\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Guard Your Gates<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tA Jewish lawyer, writer and rabbinical student praises Chick-fil-A&#39;s Truett Cathy for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2014\/09\/13811\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">honoring Christianity&#39;s sabbath<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tEven if the <em>Left Behind<\/em> remake is popular, the doctrine it&#39;s based on is not, either among scholars who study Revelation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ministrymatters.com\/all\/entry\/5426\/why-left-behind-should-be-left-behind\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">or people in general outside the U.S<\/a>. Sample: &quot;Rapture-based theology teaches us to think and hope for an escape from this world, not endurance to persevere in it.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tPastoral Refresher Course: Eight concise reminders for <a href=\"http:\/\/godhungry.org\/2014\/09\/18\/ministry-inside-139-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">officiating at a funeral<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tChristian apologist J. Warner Wallace is into a nautical theme lately, with articles about <a href=\"http:\/\/coldcasechristianity.com\/2014\/is-the-church-a-cruise-ship-or-a-rescue-boat\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">cruise ships versus rescue boats<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/coldcasechristianity.com\/2014\/how-to-turn-the-christian-ocean-liner-one-degree-at-a-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">turning around large ocean liners<\/a>. (The second article is actually about forming local apologetics organizations.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tA New Testament professor challenges popular <a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2014\/09\/21\/four-teachings-from-jesus-that-everybody-gets-wrong\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">interpretations of four gospel parables<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tReligious institutions that put emphasis on dress codes <a href=\"http:\/\/janariess.religionnews.com\/2014\/09\/19\/whats-wrong-byu-idahos-mormon-dress-code\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">turn students and staff into modern Pharisees<\/a>. (One student: &quot;They&rsquo;re [the codes are] contributing to the spiritual shallowness of our membership&quot;)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tAdding a second service next month, one <a href=\"http:\/\/joshuareich.org\/2014\/09\/22\/when-a-church-goes-to-2-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">pastor sees multiple services as a big win<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThis should be one of the weird stories we end with, but I&#39;d hate for anyone to miss out on Jim Bakker&#39;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/leisure\/2014\/09\/16\/disgraced-televangelists-now-selling-end-world-biscuits\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Time of Trouble Beans and End of the World Biscuits<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThough he wasn&#39;t a featured guest, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2014\/september\/lecrae-brings-reformed-rap-jimmy-fallon-tonight-show.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Lecrae performed last week on The Tonight Show<\/a> with Jimmy Fallon.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWorking the seniors&#39; home circuit wasn&#39;t <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/21\/climbing-the-ministry-ladder\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">the way Pastor Conrad wanted it to end<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tWhen a church picketed a strip club, they probably didn&#39;t consider the means whereby the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianheadlines.com\/columnists\/denison-forum\/topless-dancers-picket-a-church-3-thoughts.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">club would fight back<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIn a recently released documentary film, Nashville pastor Pete Wilson notes that sex trafficking is taking place <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/101642534\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">just 50 feet from his church&#39;s front door<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThe California Southern Baptist Convention expelled a church over &#8230; well <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brnow.org\/News\/September-2014\/Calif-convention-expels-Third-Way-church\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">you can probably guess what issue<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tBilled two weeks ago in Toronto as &quot;Festival of Hope,&quot; the Franklin Graham team rolls into Erie, PA this Saturday and Sunday under the banner &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/rockthelakes.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Rock The Lakes<\/a>.&quot;<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tThis item links you to the first chapter of a Christian mom&#39;s sanitized fan-fiction of Harry Potter aka <a href=\"https:\/\/m.fanfiction.net\/s\/10644439\/1\/Hogwarts-School-of-Prayer-and-Miracles\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Hogwarts School of Prayer and Miracles<\/a>. Also some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snopes.com\/politics\/religion\/harrypotter.asp\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">clarification of her intent<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tA &quot;Virginity Rocks&quot; T-shirt results in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/story\/26572001\/student-stripped-of-virginity-rocks-t-shirt\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">eighth-grader being forced to change<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tLost Songs Department: From 41 years ago &#8211;gasp!&#8211; Jesus Music band The Archers&#39; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mqPOhqLVm2U\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Put On Jesus<\/a>. (It says The Archers, not The Archies.)<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIf you&#39;re up for one more round on this topic, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithstreet.com\/onfaith\/2014\/09\/19\/mars-hill-church-womens-ministry-mark-driscoll-what-went-wrong\/34152\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">former women&#39;s ministry leader at Mars Hill<\/a> answers questions.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tIt always amazes me how people who can&#39;t do everyday tasks <a href=\"http:\/\/themasterstable.wordpress.com\/2014\/09\/18\/typewriter-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">are able to do extraordinary things<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\t<li>\n\t\tFinally: When your child swears in Sunday School: Identifying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.churchleaders.com\/daily-buzz\/176421-15-awkward-church-moments-everyone-tries-to-avoid.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">15 Awkward Church Moments<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<em>Paul Wilkinson blogs daily at <a href=\"http:\/\/paulwilkinson.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Thinking Out Loud<\/a> and poaches devotional material anywhere he can find it at <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity201.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Christianity 201<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The links are on me! 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