My Own Sin City (responses)

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 11, 2005 in Culture | 0 comments

My article was published on The Ooze and Next-Wave with discussions. I was curious how people would react to me saying it was sin to watch this, and now I know:

Ooze discussion
Next-Wave Discussion

Midtown Church (United Church of Religious)

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 11, 2005 in Church Technology, Sheep&Goats | 4 comments

“In a traditional church, God is over here,” said Paula Brandes as she reached her hand away from her body. “In Religious Science, God is within us. We don’t have to reach out to find God. We see God as our equal.” Brandes serves as the teacher for the children’s group at Midtown Church. “Christians want to be your parent, laying down the law for you. Christians, and most religions, have all sorts of rules. Christians have a need for this. They need and want this structure.” Brandes compared Christians to children who thrive in a disciplined environment. “For me, I don’t want a structure. I don’t want to pray to God, I want to pray with God. I am equal with God. I know this seems so New Age, and yet it is inherent in who we are as people. If people were given their own free choice, I think they’d want this. I just can’t see God as a god who wants to be the boss as [these other religions do].

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Monk Development v 2.0

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 9, 2005 in Church Technology, Monk Dev | 0 comments

Last time I had to throw something up in one night so I re-did my Monk Development site. Monk Development delivers web-based strategies for clients who want to expand in the internet arena. (Web development, Search Engine Marketing, Viral Marketing, Search Engine Optimization.)

North Park Apostolic Church

Posted by D. Goodmanson on May 4, 2005 in Church Technology, Sheep&Goats | 30 comments

“The Apostolic Church is probably the only truly orthodox church. We teach the apostles doctrine from the original 12 apostles. We do not follow post-apostolic teachings,” said Bishop Joel David Trout. “For example, we are not a classic Trinitarian church, where there are three separate and co-equal, co-eternal persons. We believe there is only one God. He was manifest in the flesh as Jesus. We reject the idea that God the Father was revealed in Jesus. We reject people inserting language besides how God describes God. People don’t understand the trinity. It is extra-biblical.” Bishop Trout went on to tell me that “Catholics and Eastern Orthodox are an amalgamation of paganism with Christianity that was not part of the first-century church. If they want to continue the traditions of Peter, then do so. They have extra-biblical teachings.”

Full Article: North Park Apostolic Church