Comments on: Riffs: 06:29:09: Timmy Brister on the Beauty of Church Discipline and the Pastoral Faithfulness of Tom Ascol. http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol ...dispatches from the post-evangelical wilderness Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:47:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Crigler http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-496538 Jim Crigler Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:34:49 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-496538 Re: "He does what’s right today, and twenty years later he’s still doing what’s right." Heck, what you have described for Dr. Ascol isn't a bad aspiration for anyone, pastor or not. Re: “He does what’s right today, and twenty years later he’s still doing what’s right.”

Heck, what you have described for Dr. Ascol isn’t a bad aspiration for anyone, pastor or not.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-493367 Bruce Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:38:26 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-493367 ive known tom for over 20 years and he's always been there for me,in good time and bad times . most of all his always been the same.He's the best pastor ive ever been under,the best father ive ever seen and on and on. ive known tom for over 20 years and he’s always been there for me,in good time and bad times . most of all his always been the same.He’s the best pastor ive ever been under,the best father ive ever seen and on and on.

]]> By: Lydia http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-492879 Lydia Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:21:30 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-492879 I just had one question about that story. I read it over at Founders blog and left my question there. I asked, what about the wife and Tom said, it was about Christ. In the story it says they flew to Tx and talked the wife into coming back to her husband. So, she comes back and the husband eventually goes back to his former life. But the wife is never mentioned again in this story. There is an implication of divorce but that is later. So my question is what about the wife they talked into coming back? What about the children? I would like to hear that side of the story and what the church did for them when the husband went back to his former life again. I praise God he was eventually truly saved (again?) but I am very concerned why the wife, who was talked into coming all the way back to Fla from Tx, is not mentioned again. Yes, this is about Christ but the wife and kids are at the very least somewhat significant since they talked her into moving all the way back to go through the same thing all over again. I just had one question about that story. I read it over at Founders blog and left my question there. I asked, what about the wife and Tom said, it was about Christ.

In the story it says they flew to Tx and talked the wife into coming back to her husband. So, she comes back and the husband eventually goes back to his former life.

But the wife is never mentioned again in this story. There is an implication of divorce but that is later. So my question is what about the wife they talked into coming back? What about the children? I would like to hear that side of the story and what the church did for them when the husband went back to his former life again.

I praise God he was eventually truly saved (again?) but I am very concerned why the wife, who was talked into coming all the way back to Fla from Tx, is not mentioned again.

Yes, this is about Christ but the wife and kids are at the very least somewhat significant since they talked her into moving all the way back to go through the same thing all over again.

]]> By: WHAT?!?!? The 10 Biggest Megachurches in the U.S. and IRBC didn’t make the list?!?! We demand a recount! « The Lighthearted Calvinist http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-491684 WHAT?!?!? The 10 Biggest Megachurches in the U.S. and IRBC didn’t make the list?!?! We demand a recount! « The Lighthearted Calvinist Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:03:19 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-491684 [...] was removed from membership has returned and the story is here.  The Internet Monk has written a wonderful essay on the pastor involved at both ends of the story.  It’s well worth your while (The pastor [...] [...] was removed from membership has returned and the story is here.  The Internet Monk has written a wonderful essay on the pastor involved at both ends of the story.  It’s well worth your while (The pastor [...]

]]> By: G N Barkman http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-491160 G N Barkman Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:04:45 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-491160 I've had several exchanges with Tom Ascol over the last three years. I have been impressed and blessed by his gracious spirit and genuine humility. He's the real thing! If "Plodder" is the word that describes it, please, Lord, make me a Plodder, and give your church a few hundred more! I’ve had several exchanges with Tom Ascol over the last three years. I have been impressed and blessed by his gracious spirit and genuine humility. He’s the real thing! If “Plodder” is the word that describes it, please, Lord, make me a Plodder, and give your church a few hundred more!

]]> By: Byron http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-490710 Byron Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:55:23 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-490710 Hear, hear. Amid the vast wasteland of evangelical nonsense out there, the shining jewels of faithfulness stand out brilliantly. God bless Tom Ascol, and thanks for sharing the story, Michael. And as a recovering Southern Baptist, let me express my appreciation for, and encouragement at, the signs of life I see in the Convention. I'm Free now, but I sure pray that the SBC keeps listening to the Ascol-types. Hear, hear. Amid the vast wasteland of evangelical nonsense out there, the shining jewels of faithfulness stand out brilliantly. God bless Tom Ascol, and thanks for sharing the story, Michael. And as a recovering Southern Baptist, let me express my appreciation for, and encouragement at, the signs of life I see in the Convention. I’m Free now, but I sure pray that the SBC keeps listening to the Ascol-types.

]]> By: Dana http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-490696 Dana Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:23:44 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-490696 Thanks so much. Wonderful news. I think of myself as a plodder, but am usually somewhat indignant because I am continually being encouraged to be something else. Like I'm wasting my potential or something. This helps me keep plodding. Really, thanks. Thanks so much. Wonderful news.

I think of myself as a plodder, but am usually somewhat indignant because I am continually being encouraged to be something else. Like I’m wasting my potential or something.

This helps me keep plodding.

Really, thanks.

]]> By: Red Panda http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-490683 Red Panda Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:43:37 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-490683 Second Best iMonk post ever, ninth best "Turk-ish" affirmation. One of the best examples this morning so far of how the Church does, indeed, glorify God. Second Best iMonk post ever, ninth best “Turk-ish” affirmation.

One of the best examples this morning so far of how the Church does, indeed, glorify God.

]]> By: JoanieD http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-490464 JoanieD Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:26:21 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-490464 Frank and Wyman...great characterizations of Michael you did in the two above posts! Funny. Frank and Wyman…great characterizations of Michael you did in the two above posts! Funny.

]]> By: Wyman Richardson http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol/comment-page-1#comment-490439 Wyman Richardson Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:20:40 +0000 http://www.internetmonk.com/archive/riffs-062909-timmy-brister-on-the-beauty-of-church-discipline-the-pastoral-faithfulness-of-tom-ascol#comment-490439 Frank, I'd say Michael is a conviction wrapped in nuance peppered with humility smoked over coals of introspection dipped in confession garnished with tradition basted in orthodoxy and cut into bite-sized chunks of revolution. But that's just my take. Wyman Frank,

I’d say Michael is a conviction wrapped in nuance peppered with humility smoked over coals of introspection dipped in confession garnished with tradition basted in orthodoxy and cut into bite-sized chunks of revolution.

But that’s just my take.

Wyman

]]>