tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post7476877386433508391..comments2023-08-29T04:23:57.598-05:00Comments on New BBC Open Forum: The Magic of PhotoshopNew BBC Open Forumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-43301844730096034142020-05-04T20:35:28.798-05:002020-05-04T20:35:28.798-05:00Eddie Struble<br /><a href="https://newbbcopenforum.blogspot.com/2020/05/information.html" rel="nofollow">Eddie Struble</a>New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-16740376805961701592013-08-24T00:38:04.468-05:002013-08-24T00:38:04.468-05:00Well, actually, no. I have never had but one shor...Well, actually, no. I have never had but one short vacation, and that was driving a few hundred miles to an adjacent state. I was not paid during that time either. I work 5-6 days a week and have family and other obligations that take up the other 1-2 days a week. My circumstances have never permitted me the luxury of anything resembling a vacation. If yours have, good for you. So in that respect, no, I don't know who he is. I cannot begin to relate to that. Which I suppose makes me pathetic. Whatever.<br /><br />I don't have a problem with a pastor taking a couple of weeks of vacation a year. I <i>do</i> have a problem when it turns into over two <i>months</i> of vacation a year with said pastor posting photos of his and his wife's extended family vacaying all over the world and leading Holy Land tours which are making him $$$ off the backs of the people paying to travel with him.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-91185575597121396602013-08-04T21:15:15.277-05:002013-08-04T21:15:15.277-05:00He can't vacation because he is a preacher?? Y...He can't vacation because he is a preacher?? You people are pathetic. You have NO idea who he is! I'm sure you enjoyed your vacation this year.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-22986190808897985832012-10-31T10:04:51.248-05:002012-10-31T10:04:51.248-05:00You people need to get a life. Why would anyone be...You people need to get a life. Why would anyone begrudge his pastor a nice trip? The fact is you hate the man of God that has been sent to pastor at Bellevue. Lord have mercy on you.Mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-15042348063602056302012-10-24T23:01:33.879-05:002012-10-24T23:01:33.879-05:00I was a member of BBC for 15 years, but left short...I was a member of BBC for 15 years, but left shorty after Steve Gaines came. My family and friends have since all had to find new churches as well. As harsh as this may sound, I honestly feel as if I was once part of a wonderful group of God loving , serving people....but feel that the church has strayed too far from that, and seems similar to a cult. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-31787065410897681042012-10-04T18:48:50.938-05:002012-10-04T18:48:50.938-05:00Update from Stressed:
The morale of the BBC staff...Update from Stressed:<br /><br />The morale of the BBC staff is now in a hole somewhere out in one of the ball fields. I mean it really is horrible. Bellevue continues to spend massive amounts of money on useless projects that do not foster either the mission or its member's discipleship. For instance, we have just spent thousands upon thousands of dollars to pay the Auxano company to tell Bellevue what her mission, vision, and scope is supposed to be. Will Mancini who runs Auxano claims to be a "Clarity Evangelist" who can bring about vision change for Bellevue. Maybe I am wrong but as I sit in these meetings with this "Clarity Evangelist" I keep wondering why we don't just save the money and get on our faces before God and allow Him to give us the vision. This guy is laughing at us all the way to the bank and we are fools to have hired him. Don't believe me? Check out www.auxano.com or better yet www.willmancini.com. The web site and what they do are as clear as mud. So much for clarity. <br />On another note Bellevue is also paying a monthly fee to another company to allow us the privilege of having that Home Point center in the east lobby that no one even uses. That company dictates to us what books we can have, what messages we can promote and even what we CAN'T have on display. What is Intentionality anyway. Just more distractions that try and make us a part of the "NEXTGEN" and with the "In" crowd all in the name of reaching people. We don't need consultants, we need Jesus. Isn't it about time we let HIM back in the building?Stressednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-34397892774274908262012-08-20T19:59:24.258-05:002012-08-20T19:59:24.258-05:00Don't know where to leave this so i will start...Don't know where to leave this so i will start here. Is anyone aware of the business conflicts that are just openly carried on from day to day? All the new signs being placed in Bellevue are the work of David Coombs brother and his company Rising Signs. It's common knowledge among the staff that Bellevue is the only thing keeping his brother's business afloat. Same holds true for all the new HVAC contracting going to Deacon Mike Golding. The in house network is keeping Master IT, llc in the black. Deacon Gary Wiseman's company. The church calendar is even maintained by Service U corp, you guessed it another deacon. We should be bidding out contracts to the best and lowest bidders, not buttering palms of those who benefit from being on the inside. The staff complains seriously about everyone of those companies not doing their job, but refusal to hold them accountable is refuted and employees are told that they must keep Bellevue looking good by not complaining.stressednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-86952867995404233592012-08-18T06:30:48.398-05:002012-08-18T06:30:48.398-05:00August 16, 2012
Thanks, everyone.<a href="http://www.newbbc.accura.net/Million.JPG" rel="nofollow">August 16, 2012</a><br /><br />Thanks, everyone.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-86242237119160381012012-08-17T21:45:15.520-05:002012-08-17T21:45:15.520-05:00Russell Moore president of The Southern Baptist Th...Russell Moore president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in response to Pat Robertson new comment, said:<br /><br />"I say to my non-Christian friends and neighbors, if you want to see the gospel of Christ, the gospel that has energized this church for two thousand years, turn off the television. The grinning cartoon characters who claim to speak for Christ don’t speak for him. Find the followers who do what Jesus did. Find the people who risk their lives to carry a beaten stranger to safety. Find the houses opened to unwed mothers and their babies in crisis. Find the men who are man enough to be a father to troubled children of multiple ethnicity and backgrounds."<br /><br />Does that include Steve Gaines on his TV show?<br /><br />http://martinluther.kewego.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-51294744902984166212012-08-16T08:41:13.604-05:002012-08-16T08:41:13.604-05:00New BBC,
I appreciate your blog. It was part of t...New BBC,<br /><br />I appreciate your blog. It was part of the reason that I decided to leave BBC after attending for two decades.<br /><br />I also appreciate your posts on tithing. I have come to the conclusion that it is not what the NT teaches about giving after being taught that it was Biblical my entire life.<br /><br />I agree with what STR teaches about judging: http://www.str.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6071<br /><br />Having said that, I agree with Dr. Rogers that we can never really know another person's motivations and are not qualified to judge their motivations - only their actions and words.<br /><br />Thanks for the good work that you do on this blog.<br />The Movie Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09775886308438954305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-6729711694402168252012-08-15T21:38:58.388-05:002012-08-15T21:38:58.388-05:00TMD, I apologize for my comment this morning. Tha...TMD, I apologize for my comment this morning. That was unnecessarily snarky.<br /><br />Maybe we're using the term "judge" differently. I've always interpreted the "judge not" verse to mean not to judge the state of another person's soul because <i>that's</i> something no one can know for certain. A good example of this is when someone who identifies himself as a Christian refers to someone else as a "so-called Christian" or puts the word "Christian" in quotes as if to say the subject isn't a "real" Christian. (I should know. I've been on the receiving end of <i>that</i> one a few times!) However, if we aren't allowed to judge (i.e. discern) someone's motivations the world would be an even scarier place than it is.<br /><br />I didn't ignore the video. I watched the whole thing. I'm not sure what there is to say about it. The guy was a jerk, and the young woman handled the situation with grace and dignity. I posted his follow-up video where he offered an apology after it backfired on him. If I had to judge his motivation, I'd say it was because he got canned, but I don't know for sure. Apparently it didn't save his job (if that was his intent).New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-16595082718811309132012-08-15T08:34:32.834-05:002012-08-15T08:34:32.834-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-65521010879113154432012-08-15T08:12:39.187-05:002012-08-15T08:12:39.187-05:00"There it is! The "judge not" card ..."There it is! The "judge not" card has been played."<br /><br />There it is the knee jerk reaction. I didn't say it was wrong to judge. You just reacted as if I did.<br /><br />I said it is wrong to judge another's motivations. I often don't know my own motivations. I certainly am not qualified to judge anothers. Neither is anyone else.<br /><br />"I'm not sure how interpreting something I read is "judging the motivations of other Christians."<br /><br />Here is the statement where you do exactly that:<br /><br />"but judging by the rhetoric of some of the people who promoted Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, some of those people are."<br /><br />Also you completely ignored the video of the man who berates a Chick Fil-A worker for doing nothing but serving him kindly.<br /><br />Generally I agree with you posts. I will have to agree to disagree on this one.<br /><br /><br />The Movie Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839647266041657775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-91143472898384741732012-08-14T19:56:23.318-05:002012-08-14T19:56:23.318-05:00There it is! The "judge not" card has b...There it is! The "judge not" card has been played. I'm not sure how interpreting something I read is "judging the motivations of other Christians."<br /><br />Anyway, did you see the dude's <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmP9Shki6_I" rel="nofollow">backpedaling video</a>?New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-41557993884880430842012-08-14T08:31:44.405-05:002012-08-14T08:31:44.405-05:00I find it difficult to judge the motivations (whic...I find it difficult to judge the motivations (which we are not qualified to do anyway) of other Christians after watching this video:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhjFkfDbcg<br /><br />Christ warned that the world would hate us if we followed him.The Movie Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839647266041657775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-74469728502234331582012-08-14T00:31:31.475-05:002012-08-14T00:31:31.475-05:00I hope people will eat at Chick-fil-A if and becau...<i>I hope people will eat at Chick-fil-A if and because they have great food and not because they are against gay people.</i><br /><br />The way I read this was "I hope people will eat a Chick-fil-A if and because they (Chick-fil-A) have great food and not because they (the people who choose to eat there) are against gay people."<br /><br />I can see how the second "they" could also be interpreted as the company, Chick-fil-A, but that's not how I read it.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-32104122455420014692012-08-13T20:02:54.896-05:002012-08-13T20:02:54.896-05:00Notice it's a quote of someone else. I didn&#...Notice it's a quote of <i>someone else</i>. <i>I</i> didn't say it. I do, however, agree with it. The quote said NOTHING about Chick-fil-A or Dan Cathy. I don't think Dan Cathy is "against gay people," but judging by the rhetoric of some of the people who promoted Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, some of <i>those</i> people are. Even if they're not "against gay people" and only against "gay marriage" (as am I), they're perceived as such by many. It's difficult for people to distinguish between being against their lifestyle choice(s) or what they're "allowed" to do because of their sex or race and them personally.<br /><br />I think this was about more than protecting free speech. It was about supporting <i>some</i> free speech, namely "speech" we agree with. It's a lot harder to defend free speech when you don't agree with it.<br /><br />I dare say if the CEO of, for example, Wendy's, came out in <i>support</i> of gay "marriage" (note the quotes -- I happen to think "gay marriage" is an oxymoron) and received the same backlash as Cathy did, you wouldn't see the same people who stood in line on August 1st to buy chikin sandwiches standing in line at Wendy's to buy Baconators. Just sayin'.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-26521656775733752482012-08-13T13:55:15.470-05:002012-08-13T13:55:15.470-05:00"I hope people will eat at Chick-fil-A if and..."I hope people will eat at Chick-fil-A if and because they have great food and not because they are against gay people."<br /><br />How exactly did you come to the conclusion that Chick Fil-A is "against gay people?"<br /><br />Why is it that every time a Christian takes a moral stand on any issue, it is referred to as a)hate, b) intolerance, or c) being against someone?<br /><br />Is Amazon against Christians because Jeff Bezos gave money to the gay marriage cause?The Movie Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839647266041657775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-62712855570953991432012-08-12T13:07:10.864-05:002012-08-12T13:07:10.864-05:00Matthew Paul Turner >> Five Reasons Why the ...<a href="http://matthewpaulturner.net/blog/5-reasons-why-the-church-failed-yesterday" rel="nofollow">Matthew Paul Turner >> Five Reasons Why the Church Failed Yesterday</a><br /><br /><a href="http://matthewpaulturner.net/f1/long-division-5-thoughts-about-that-chickfila-post" rel="nofollow">Matthew Paul Turner >> Long Division: 5 Thoughts About That #ChickFilA Post...</a>New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-37271865650052684332012-08-12T00:33:10.268-05:002012-08-12T00:33:10.268-05:00The Christian Post >> More Business Than Eve...<a href="http://www.christianpost.com/news/more-businesses-than-ever-rated-gay-friendly-62643" rel="nofollow">The Christian Post >> More Business Than Ever Rated 'Gay-Friendly'</a><br /><br />We can't avoid it.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-14377634722582508442012-08-11T23:43:51.692-05:002012-08-11T23:43:51.692-05:00One of the best comments I've read regarding t...One of the best comments I've read regarding the whole Chick-fil-A thing:<br /><br /><i>I hope people will eat at Chick-fil-A if and because they have great food and not because they are against gay people. It's a sad day when that's why Christians pick a place to eat.</i><br /><br />Amen. See Disney, Home Depot, Kroger, Target, GM, Ford, and a host of other companies. At this rate Christians will have to start growing their own food, sewing all their clothes from cotton they've grown and processed, and walking everywhere.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-23967008234746150412012-08-09T21:31:45.313-05:002012-08-09T21:31:45.313-05:00Steve Gaines: Please be with us next Wednesday nig...Steve Gaines: <i>Please be with us next Wednesday night as we hear from Dr. Fred Luter, the recently elected first African-American President of the Southern Baptist Convention.</i><br /> <br />If we'd reached a state of true equality that would have read, "Please be with us next Wednesday night as we hear from Dr. Fred Luter, the recently elected President of the Southern Baptist Convention." Just goes to show Luter was elected first and foremost <i>because</i> of his race.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-12754179630293482862012-08-09T21:23:59.280-05:002012-08-09T21:23:59.280-05:00From Sunday's bulletin:
Pray for the Gregg Ha...From Sunday's bulletin:<br /><br /><i>Pray for the Gregg Hauss family as they transition from Bellevue to pursue a new ministry position. Gregg and Allyson, along with their children, have served faithfully for 22 years in the Student Ministry, at Bellevue Arlington, and in the Recreation Ministry. Gregg leaves Bellevue to pursue his call to be a Senior Pastor or Lead Church-Planting Pastor. We continue our support of Gregg and his family as they focus on this next step in their journey and look forward to celebrating how God uses this choice servant in the future.</i><br /><br />Oh, puhleaze.New BBC Open Forumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18300115421477555376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-27154876866369217342012-08-03T23:26:41.445-05:002012-08-03T23:26:41.445-05:00Heyyyyyy!!! You added new pics! Good lookin' p...Heyyyyyy!!! You added new pics! Good lookin' pastor right there. Okay, back to work. ;)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01680768639711085876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36564514.post-48699448500286116802012-07-29T21:30:22.605-05:002012-07-29T21:30:22.605-05:00"Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain.... &q..."Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain.... "<br /><br />Usually it is women who are vain, make up , dying their hair, etc<br /><br />but WOW you have Steve Gaines reverting to younger pictures, dying his hair, etc<br /><br />Your so Vain<br /><br />You'll soon be looking like Wayne Webb, Pastor of Macon Road Baptist Church<br /><br /><br />http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR31_0Q4cphecPwa-bmhCsSbiNqvZV9c5iytQBYVsrjNvmvgqOU<br /><br />Steve even had to have his trophy wife pray so he'll look soo good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com