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Posted on 09/29/2014 4:27:34 PM PDT by Gamecock
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What a shame.
While there was much I didn’t agree with in his preaching he did give a very clear, accurate presentation of the Gospel message.
why wasn’t the daughter suing more involved? It seems like she left the care to one sister.
Sadly I know this happens alot when one child does all the caretaking and after the parents death the other sibling nitpicks that care never being fully involved.
Not taking care of the widow is a shame. It seems like greed has played a part in the church’s board decision but having a will could have prevented this.
What to families argue about when family memebers die?
Survey Says!!!!
1-Money/Property
This is unfortunate. From what I know the last thing Chuck Smith would want to see is a fight over his church.
Unlike a lot of pastors of mega-churches he never intended to create one. It was a case of being in the right place at the right time.
Some of us had expected it...
"When an organization as large and powerful as Calvary Chapel is utterly devoid of checks and balances or doctrinal, financial, and moral accountability, the results will not be surprising: abuse, power-struggles, and the oft-unspoken fear of raising even the smallest objection to the whims of the powers that be."
-- Jason Spellman, former Calvary Chapel pastor, in Calvary Chapel and the Calvinists
"...the Calvary Distinctives [link now broken] are a whole lot different than the Westminster Confession. Anyone who reads the Calvary document should be troubled that Chuck Smith makes no reference to God as a Trinity, or to the Deity of Jesus Christ. You can believe in almost anything so long as you behave in the right way."Related threads:
-- Alex Murphy, October 9, 2009
There were plenty of responsible people looking after Chuck Smith. I’ll be very surprised if his widow Kay isn’t being cared for as well.
Chuck Smith had been ill with lung cancer for a long time. His oldest daughter is speaking as if calling 911 would have saved him. It looks like she is letting grief cloud her thinking.
well I can understand that having many family who have died from cancer. It is hard to acknowledge when its time to stop fighting when the cancer has served its death sentence.
Dancing on the grave, Alex?
I wouldn’t think doing that reflects too well on Calvinism.
That’s what it looks like to me. Chuck had been appearing on a weekly internet TV show his last couple of years and you could see him decline. I’m sure it’s hard for his daughter to accept that he was going to die.
He wasn’t an egomaniac or a fool and the article mentions that he had set up a 21 person leadership council to oversee the affairs of Calvary Chapel. Sounds to me like he had planned ahead.
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Was he under hospice care at that point? Sounds like he might have been. At some point you have to decide whether to let an 86 year old with cancer die peacefully at home, or keep dragging him to the hospital to prolong the suffering.
As to the property issues - what do the legal documents say? What were the terms of the annuity contract?
The Board cut off the annuity? I thought those things were supposed to be pre-funded, or is that just one established by a court settlement??
I don’t see any problem with linking relating articles
I was thinking the samethings.
Done!
Which was the best one for you? The “I left Calvary Chapel 17 years ago and am an ex-Christian who calls CC a cult” or the numerous Gary Demar Christian Reconstruction vs Dispensationalism pieces?
These didn’t click.
I just remember hearing Smith in the 2002-2004 time frame. I know he didn’t embrace God’s sovereignty, but wow!
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