What I’m currently reading:
A Conversation with Tim Woodroof - The Christian Chronicle

Tim Woodroff was the minister of the church I was a member of that was taken over by the New Hermeneutic movement.

Tim is a great public speaker, a very good preacher. However, Tim brought more than his “Look at the Book” series to the congregation with him.

Tim brought with him the Praise Teams, New Wineskins and Dramatic Readings. But he did not start the changes right away. For several years - nothing. Then, all of a sudden, we heard sermons on things such as “non-essentials” in worship in the churches of Christ. Then more sermons on the difference between conservative and liberal members of the church.

I can understand that some may feel that barring thing such “praise teams” might be a “non-essential” practice in the church. However, people that feel that way should not attempt to force a congregation of believers to change their practice. If you feel this way and feel it needs to be different, start your own congregation. Go join the Disciples of Christ or a Four Square church.

Instead, they feel compelled to change our congregations into churches that fit their vision.

1 Corinthians 8:9-13 says:

9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, won’t he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?
11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
12 When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.

Unfortunately, our brothers in the change movements neglect this passage.

-Clarke