Happy Monday, readers! I’m outta here for the week! My youngest son is getting married this weekend, I’m making the groom’s cake, we’re having family in, my grandbabies are coming, and I’m going to take the week off blogging.
If you’re working on my Research Team Request, you can still send in your research, and I’ll look at it as soon as I have time. (Remember, we’re trying to have all the research turned in by this Friday, July 25.)
I hope you and yours have a wonderful week!
If you’re at the Answers for Women conference this week, my outline unfortunately didn’t make it into the program, but you can view it below, or get the Google Docs version here.
(If you’re not at the Answers for Women conference, this outline probably won’t make much sense, however Amy and I will be addressing this topic soon on A Word Fitly Spoken, so feel free to save this if you’d like to use it while listening to the podcast.)
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Major NAR Doctrines:
Restoration of the office of Apostle and Prophet- Acts 1:21-26
Dominionism and the 7 Mountain Mandate- Matthew 28:19, Matthew 6:10
government, media, family, business & finance, education, church & religion, arts & entertainment
Strategic Level Spiritual Warfare- Ephesians 6:10-20
Signs and Wonders- Philippians 2:6-7, John 14:12
Kenotic Heresy
For further study: Holly Pivec, Justin Peters “Clouds Without Water”
Unbiblical NAR Practices and Experiences:
Street Level Bible Twisting:
Health, Wealth, and Prosperity- John 10:34, Psalm 82:6. Isaiah 53:5
Love Bombing, Ego Boosting, and Environmental Manipulation- John 6:26
Unbiblical Signs and Wonders:
Speaking in “Tongues,” etc.- Acts 2, 1 Corinthians 14:27-28
(holy laughter, tremoring, being drunk/high in the spirit)
False Prophecy and Extra-Biblical Revelation- Deut. 13:1-5, 18:20-22, Jeremiah 6:13-14, Isaiah 30:9-11
Fake Healings
Resurrections- 1 Kings 18:20-40
NAR People and Organizations to Be Aware Of
The NAR in Music and Women’s Ministry
1 Corinthians 10:12, Proverbs 6:27-28, Romans 16:17-18, 2 John 9-11, 2 Corinthians 6:14-18, Titus 1:9
Discord: Why Your Church Should Reject Bethel, Hillsong, and Elevation Music
Why is any of this important?
WordPress has only recently made it possible for me to preview the emails you receive with my articles in them, and I just figured something out that I thought I should let y’all know about.
When you open your email and you receive one of my articles, it should look something like this at the top:
When you see this, you have the option of clicking the link and reading the article on my blog at MichelleLesley.com, or continuing to read the article in your email inbox.
If you continue reading the article in your email inbox, you’ll eventually get to the bottom where you’ll see a button that says “comment,” like this, on your phone…
…or like this on your tablet, laptop, or desktop:
Here’s what it’s important for you to know: If you hit that comment button and type something, you are not sending me a private email just between the two of us. In fact, you’re not sending me an email at all. Whatever you type goes straight to my comments queue at my blog to wait for me to approve and post it, or for me to delete it.
It is just as if you were on my blog and typed a comment in the comment box at the end of the article, knowing that your comment would be posted publicly. Those also go straight to my comments queue.
Here’s the thing: I can’t tell the difference between the two. All comments come to me looking exactly the same, whether you commented from your email or the comment box on the blog.
Why am I writing the most boring post I’ve ever written to tell you this?
Because some of you don’t seem to realize this, and I’m trying to protect your privacy. I don’t want to publish things publicly that you thought were going to remain private.
This comment appeared in my comment queue the other day…
(This is just the opening line of the comment. It went on at length and disclosed much more personal information.)
…and that’s when it finally dawned on me that some of you think you’re sending me a private email when you click “comment” on your email copy of my articles.
But here’s the thing: I can’t respond to these comments without publishing them (publicly) on the blog.
Additionally, some of your email programs don’t get along very well with WordPress, apparently, because sometimes I’ll get a comment that looks like this:
Thanks so much for this article. It reminds me of the time I went duck hunting with my dad. We would ..#$%ebTL)(^&xnRTY
Sent from my Whatever Email Platform
So I don’t even get to read your whole comment, so I don’t know how to respond.
Also, if you use a default signature on your emails, that appears in your comment as well, along with your email address, phone number, place of employment or any other information below your signature.
So, long story short…
I hope this information will be helpful in protecting your privacy.
Hi friends- just wanted to let you know I’m taking a little time off this week (May 21-23) and next week (May 28-30). My son’s wedding is this weekend, and next week, I’m off to the G3 Women’s Expository Teaching Workshop, so I’ll be playing hooky (“Hook,” “key”. Get the picture? :0) from the blog and, to some degree, from social media.
In the meantime, there’s plenty to explore here in the archives and we’ve got new episodes of A Word Fitly Spoken -our last two before we take our annual summer break- dropping this week and next.
Y’all be good while I’m gone, and I’ll be back soon.❤️
I try to run this article every so often to orient new followers (and old friends who haven’t yet explored all the nooks and crannies of the blog) to the various features and information available here. I hope you’ll find these resources helpful.
Welcome Tab If you haven’t had a chance to read the Welcome & FAQs- Start Here tab in the blue menu bar at the top of this page, it’s a good way to get acclimated to the blog quickly. You’ll learn some fast facts about me, my comment and e-mail policies, and more.
Comments, E-mails, Social Media Messages If you’ve sent me an e-mail, submitted a comment on one of my articles, or sent me a private message on social media and I haven’t responded to the message or published the comment, this is why: E-mail, Messages, and Blog Comments Policy (Plus additional helpful information)
The search bar is your friend. If you want to know my take on something or whether I’ve written on a particular person or topic, the search bar is the best place to start and much faster than e-mailing or messaging me. The search bar is located at the very bottom of every blog page. There’s also a tab labeled Search Bar in the blue menu bar at the top of the blog.
The tabs at the top are your friends, too. The tabs in the blue menu bar at the top of the blog are designed to provide quick information to many of the questions I’m most frequently asked.
“What do you think of Teacher X?” Probably the largest volume of questions I get is readers wanting to know my take on particular teachers and ministries. I would love to be able to respond immediately to each one, but it takes a tremendous amount of time to research these folks. Because I know you need answers right away, and because every Christian should know how to research teachers for herself (you should never just blindly take anyone’s word {including mine} that someone is a false teacher), if you can’t find the information you’re looking for on a certain teacher at the Popular False Teachers & Unbiblical Trends tab at the top of this page or by using the search bar, I’ve written this article to help you research teachers for yourself: Is She a False Teacher? 7 Steps to Figuring it Out on Your Own.
“Discernment is for doody-heads!” I understand it’s not easy to be told that a pastor/teacher/author you’ve grown to love is a false teacher. I’ve been in that position myself. But Christians are people of the Book. That means we measure everything by Scripture, not by our personal preferences, feelings, or opinions. I’ve written numerous articles on teachers and ministries which can be found under the Popular False Teachers & Unbiblical Trends tab (and, just a few of the many awesome teachers out there are under the Recommended Bible Teachers tab). I don’t warn against false teachers because I’m a hater. I do it because it’s Scriptural and because I love the Christian women who are being victimized – often without even knowing it – by false teachers. I tend to hear the same objections to my discernment articles over and over and over again. Answering the Opposition- Responses to the Most Frequently Raised Discernment Objections answers, from Scripture, the objections people raise to my discernment articles. (I don’t answer e-mails or publish comments that are answered by this article.)
Church Ladies Complementarianism can be difficult to navigate in a feminist world and an increasingly feminist church. You might find my Rock Your Role article series helpful, since it deals with the Scriptures governing women’s roles in the church. I keep Rock Your Role FAQs updated, so long time readers might be interested in giving that one a re-read.
Searching for a new church? It can be really hard to find a doctrinally sound church these days, and I’d like to do everything I can to help. Check out the Searching for a new church? tab in the blue menu bar at the top of this page. You’ll find tons of resources on what to look for in a good church, several church search engines, and churches recommended by readers.
Podcast Need something to listen to? Amy Spreeman and I have a weekly podcast called A Word Fitly Spoken. Click the Podcast tab in the blue menu bar at the top of this page to check it out.
Conferences/Events Want to see if I’ll be speaking at an event near you? Check out the Calendar of Events at my Speaking Engagements tab in the blue menu bar at the top of this page for more information.
Speaking Engagements/Podcasts I’d love to come speak at your Christian women’s conference, to the ladies of your church, or on your Christian podcast. Check out my Speaking Engagements tab in the blue menu bar at the top of this page for more information.
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