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Dear megachurch pastors, the Bible is not boring

Feb

2013

I received this exciting email a week or so ago from the YouVersion Bible app (which I use and appreciate) with the subject line, See the Bible Come Alive this March: Have you ever tried to picture what Noah’s family experienced during the flood? What it looked like when Samson destroyed the temple? How it felt ...

Who knew you needed an excuse NOT to play Highway to Hell?

Jan

2013

A couple of weeks ago, NewSpring’s Twitter account linked to a blog post written by one of its members praising Perry Noble and the church. NewSpring rarely links to other blogs, so this appears to be a careful choice to advertise the virtues of their church and pastor. The post, written by Sarah Monk, whom I ...

A few details about our NewSpring lawsuit (abbreviated edition)

Jan

2013

Three years ago I reported the story of the campaign of harassment against my family by a NewSpring staff member and some volunteers under the apparent supervision of NewSpring executives. In 2010 my wife and I sued Noble, NewSpring, two other pastors, the staff member and two volunteers over their behavior during the summer of 2009. After ...

You should, you can’t, you must, you may never again talk to Perry Noble

Jan

2013

The story of my attempts to meet with Perry Noble is one of changing rules and massive discrepancies between what’s said in public and done in private. Whom I meet and why isn’t normally of much interest to anyone, but this particular story reveals important features of Noble’s character and leadership which should be concerning ...

Here’s what NewSpring’s pastors were reading in 2009

Jan

2013

Last time I posted here, I gave you a few details about the campaign of harassment that NewSpring staff and volunteers engaged in against my family and me because I dared criticize Perry Noble. In 2010, we did take legal action against Perry, NewSpring and others, and that process was resolved a couple of months ago. In ...

Shut up, they explained

Dec

2009

I don’t know what kinds of questions Perry Noble is having to answer in his world, but if you survey the comments on this blog you’ll find a number of challenges to my position. While we await Noble’s explanation, I’ll offer this personal defense. You deserve it. It has been quite chilling to see this ...

NewSpring’s curious silence

Dec

2009

I don’t have much more to say about this whole thing, but I’m surprised at how quickly NewSpring’s leaders seem to have gone to ground after their big splash on Friday afternoon. I’ve learned that they actually sent their statement as a press release to the local newspaper, intending to get this on the front page ...

A few of my favorite comments

Dec

2009

As is usually the case on this site, the comments in these posts are often more interesting than the original posts, so I recommend you to scan through them. There are quite a lot, so I wanted to highlight a few that got my attention. This came in from Albert Lance on Friday night, after ...

Looking again at NewSpring’s big announcement

Dec

2009

Now that you’ve had a chance to read both sides, it might be helpful to take another look at NewSpring’s big announcement yesterday. In February an employee of the church met with this individual I didn’t start blogging about NewSpring until March, and this meeting was April 1. If they start their post with such ...

Another scandalous dollar amount

Dec

2009

I understand that the $1.5m and $3m are giving a few people the vapors today, but there’s another number in this story that you might add to the mix. Zero. This has been Perry Noble’s offer to my family. Zero meetings. Zero calls. Zero apologies. Zero questions. Zero dollars. I’ve explained the number that I ...