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		<title>Ergun Caner’s lawsuit against Jason Smathers dismissed with prejudice</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2014/04/ergun-caners-lawsuit-against-jason-smathers-dismissed-with-prejudice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jason Smathers writes: US Federal Court says posting Caner video is fair use, not copyright infringement. Footage will be online again in short order. [Update: you can now view the videos Ergun Caner sued to suppress here.] In 2010 videos showing Ergun Caner deceiving the US Marines was posted on Witnesses Unto Me. At that time Ergun &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2014/04/ergun-caners-lawsuit-against-jason-smathers-dismissed-with-prejudice/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ergun Caner’s lawsuit against Jason Smathers dismissed with prejudice</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>No Compromise Ever, Episode 1</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/08/no-compromise-ever-episode-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 17:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m rather late with this one but, if you haven’t already seen it, Episode 1 of No Compromise Ever is available and well worth watching. Mike Abendroth, Dr. James White, Dr. Carl Trueman and Phil Johnson discuss the fallout from Elephant Room 2. View episode →]]></description>
		
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		<title>Carl Trueman on Outsourced Sermon Preparation</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/06/carl-trueman-on-outsourced-sermon-preparation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 22:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the light of a new research service endorsed by the likes of Mark Driscoll and Craig Groeschel, Carl Trueman wonders whether it is acceptable for preachers to outsource an integral part of their sermon preparation. View article →]]></description>
		
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		<title>False Doctrine Destroys Christian Unity</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/03/false-doctrine-destroys-christian-unity/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jesus prayed for the unity of all believers: I do not pray for these [my disciples] alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/03/false-doctrine-destroys-christian-unity/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">False Doctrine Destroys Christian Unity</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Momentum Gathers as Third Harvest Bible Fellowship Church Dissociates Over ER2</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/03/momentum-gathers-as-third-harvest-bible-fellowship-church-dissociates-over-er2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 22:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Elder Board of Harvest Bible Chapel New Lenox has announced its decision to dissociate from Elephant Room 2 organizer James MacDonald’s Harvest Bible Fellowship. In a forthright and Biblically rooted statement, the elders explained that their decision was based upon MacDonald’s doctrinal ‘leniency’ and mishandling of ER2: Jakes&#8217; position on the Trinity ultimately is &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/03/momentum-gathers-as-third-harvest-bible-fellowship-church-dissociates-over-er2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Momentum Gathers as Third Harvest Bible Fellowship Church Dissociates Over ER2</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Second Harvest Bible Fellowship Church Dissociates Over ER2</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/03/second-harvest-bible-fellowship-church-dissociates-over-er2/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The elders of Harvest Bible Chapel of Prescott have published a gracious and thoroughly Biblical explanation of why their congregation has dissociated from Elephant Room 2 organizer James MacDonald’s Harvest Bible Fellowship Chicago. HBC Prescott’s dissociation echoes that of Harvest Bible Chapel Detroit West in January. Sovereign Grace Church of Bakersfield similarly left the Acts &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/03/second-harvest-bible-fellowship-church-dissociates-over-er2/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Second Harvest Bible Fellowship Church Dissociates Over ER2</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The human cost of T.D. Jakes’ false prosperity gospel</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/02/the-human-cost-of-t-d-jakes-false-prosperity-gospel/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to forget the human cost of false gospels. Not only in eternity – though even one lost soul is immeasurably tragic – but also in this life. Thabiti Anyabwile, senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Grand Cayman, has posted the first-hand account of Sean, a man whose life was nearly destroyed by &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/02/the-human-cost-of-t-d-jakes-false-prosperity-gospel/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The human cost of T.D. Jakes’ false prosperity gospel</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Voddie Baucham accuses ER2 defenders of cult-like ‘Ethnic Gnosticism’</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/02/voddie-baucham-accuses-er2-defenders-of-cult-like-ethnic-gnosticism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:57:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As the fallout from The Elephant Room 2 (ER2) continues to spread, Dr. James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, has interviewed Dr. Voddie Baucham on White’s The Dividing Line programme. Baucham is a black pastor of Southern Baptist Grace Family Baptist Church in the Houston area of Texas. He declined an invitation to &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/02/voddie-baucham-accuses-er2-defenders-of-cult-like-ethnic-gnosticism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Voddie Baucham accuses ER2 defenders of cult-like ‘Ethnic Gnosticism’</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elephant Room 2: playing the race card, again</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/02/elephant-room-2-playing-the-racism-card-again/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:08:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When an ideologue has run out of real arguments, his final desperate resort is to underhand tactics. James MacDonald, lead Elephant Room 2 agitator, has posted this video, in which the race card is again played: Erin Benziger of Do Not Be Surprised&#8230; gives an excellent overview: James MacDonald interviews three African-American pastors in an &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/02/elephant-room-2-playing-the-racism-card-again/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elephant Room 2: playing the race card, again</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orthodoxy, heresy and aberrancy</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/01/orthodoxy-heresy-and-aberrancy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This article is adapted from a longer piece, Thinking about orthodoxy: defining terms and asking questions. If we are to understand one another and avoid talking at cross purposes, it is necessary to define our terminology. Unless we do this, we risk erroneously assuming that we have understood what someone else means when they use &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/01/orthodoxy-heresy-and-aberrancy/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Orthodoxy, heresy and aberrancy</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>James White on the discernment gap</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/01/james-white-on-the-discernment-gap/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, author of over 20 books, professor, accomplished debater and apologist, has posted another pertinent article, this time addressing how the defenders of the Elephant Room fiasco are ‘showing a lack of passion for God’s honor and glory’. White writes: Reading the commentary on the Elephant Room 2 &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/01/james-white-on-the-discernment-gap/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">James White on the discernment gap</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elephant Room 2 claims first Acts 29 casualty</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/01/elephant-room-2-claims-first-acts-29-casualty/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chad Vegas, lead pastor of Sovereign Grace Church of Bakersfield, has spoken out about why he left Acts 29, a church-planting network founded by Mark Driscoll: I knew Mark was the primary voice for Acts 29 and that I was not comfortable with how some of his comments represented the network. I also knew Mark &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/01/elephant-room-2-claims-first-acts-29-casualty/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elephant Room 2 claims first Acts 29 casualty</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Voddie Baucham names the elephant in the room</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/01/voddie-baucham-names-the-elephant-in-the-room/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Voddie Baucham, pastor of Grace Family Baptist Church, has explained why he declined to participate in the Elephant Room 2, and why he did not speak as expected at James MacDonald’s Harvest Men’s Conference. Buacham offers a thoughtful and intelligent analysis of the problem with T.D. Jakes’ invitation to the Elephant Room, showing how it &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/01/voddie-baucham-names-the-elephant-in-the-room/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Voddie Baucham names the elephant in the room</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elephant Room 2: Uh, this is embarrassing…</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/01/elephant-room-2-uh-this-is-embarrassing/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This compilation, courtesy of Wretched Radio, shows Mark Driscoll and James MacDonald rebuking the false prosperity gospel preached by T.D. Jakes. What changed, guys? My thanks to Apprising Ministries for bringing this to my attention. Further reading: Elephant Room 2: May we now regard T.D. Jakes as Trinitarian and Orthodox? A review of T.D. Jakes’ &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/01/elephant-room-2-uh-this-is-embarrassing/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elephant Room 2: Uh, this is embarrassing…</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Elephant Room 2: Bryan Crawford Loritts and the emergence of pachydermism</title>
		<link>https://discern.org/2012/01/elephant-room-2-the-emergence-of-pachydermism/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[djn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a piece entitled, ‘Reformed Crowd Asked to Repent for Attacking TD Jakes’, the Christian Post reports that Elephant Room attendee, Bryan Crawford Loritts, is ‘asking the Reformed community to “repent” of their harsh criticism and one-sided attacks on Bishop T.D. Jakes in regards to his beliefs about the Godhead’. The Post reports: To the &#8230; <a href="https://discern.org/2012/01/elephant-room-2-the-emergence-of-pachydermism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Elephant Room 2: Bryan Crawford Loritts and the emergence of pachydermism</span></a>]]></description>
		
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