I truly thank you for your condolences.

Yes, I gave my formal testimony, discharged my duty, and realised it was time to flee. My testimony was followed by that of the victim, his resignation letter (that had not been read out because it was, well they said it was, "nasty"), by the written letter of the men concerned, and by the utter absence of biblical church discipline of course. Presumably, that was not objective enough or biblical enough.

The Lord gives much grace and encouragement in these times, but yes we do need to constantly watch and guard against bitterness. There is much benefit to our souls in being able to rest at night with a clear conscience. Outrage and anger? I think we need to keep that, but ensure that in our anger we do not sin. We have a biblical duty to warn too .....

Those "pastors" who
-conspire in secret to bypass biblical church process (for, from their own lips, they know it condemns them),
-go in threes with their "gloves off" intimidating, threatening and making demands for instant resignations,
-commit perjury before the church and make false testimony to justify their wickedness.
Yes, these people are self-appointed soul-killers and no different to the murderous self-appointed judges, juries and executioners of the Basiji Force.

Note well "This is true even if the killer identified the victim mistakenly as corrupt." But yet the wickedness is just as wicked when the blessings of church membership, including loving rebuke and discipline, are denied to any of Christ's erring saints too.

By all means, flatter yourselves and have your private members only cosy theological clubs. But make no mistake - you false "pastors" you are not the Church of Jesus Christ. Mercy of mercies, there is still time to repent of your wicked ways. God is not mocked.

btw, in England the term "yank" applies to any American, whether they are from the north or the south. It's an excellent illustration of my point that what is said sounds different in different peoples ears. If you want to know if it is offensive or derogatory, ask the people you are talking about.

I wouldn't worry at all about Sermonaudio's editor deleting your post when he permits blatant personal attacks such as

"Once a Papist, always a Papist."

and wildly ridiculous statements such as:

"all - You purposely distort and misrepresent that which I say in order to defend your own tradition. "

If there was true heaven sent revival amongst the doctors I think we would have heard of it before now.

If he was not screened out by the immigration service, I think you would be expecting a lot from any gun control regulator to do it.

Sadly, the fact that this guy was an overseas student will probably be sufficient reason for the US government to bury their heads in the sand in any event.

Indeed, it is not for me to question the veracity of your faith.

DB, my original point was just to deal with your "analogy" not to get into a discussion of the ideal plurality of pastors. There is bible exposition out there from a reformed baptist perspective for you to peruse if you so wish. Chris M (whilst not RB) is very much correct that in the light of the overwhelming evidence in the scriptures that the onus is very much on you to demonstrate the distinctive "sole pastor" view.