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James MacDonald

James MacDonald Sues Critics after 2,000 Leave Harvest Bible Chapel

By Filings on Thu, 11/01/18
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“The authors of a longtime watchdog blog and Julie Roys, who was reporting on the church, face defamation claims.” - CToday

James MacDonald Asks Forgiveness for Unbiblical Discipline of Harvest Bible Chapel Elders

By SharperIron on Mon, 09/15/14
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“For many months, we have labored under the awareness that our church discipline of a year ago was a failure in many respects, not the least of which was the complete lack of biblically required restorative component, which wronged the brothers that we were attempting to help” CT

James MacDonald: "for me it’s over. No more fixing people—I resign"

By sifilings on Wed, 05/01/13
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James MacDonald: My Resignation

The Elephant’s Debt explores the ministry of Pastor James MacDonald and Harvest Bible Chapel of Rolling Meadows, Illinois.

By sifilings on Wed, 10/10/12
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The Elephant’s Debt

The Elephant Room Controversy - driven by 'White Idolization'?

By sifilings on Thu, 02/02/12
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“Some of the strongest reactions were African Americans in the blogosphere…And to take a little bit of a tangent here, and I’ll get back, the loudest voices in the conservative evangelical world, in my estimation right now, are your older, white reformed voices…And you’ve got some African Americans who so idolize that – what some people would call white idolization – that they then feel as if they’ve got to be the voice for black culture to speak against people like T.D. Jakes.

Partial Transcripts of The Elephant Room are now available

By sifilings on Thu, 01/26/12
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Here’s the partial transcript link.

James MacDonald Resigns from TGC

By sifilings on Tue, 01/24/12
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James MacDonald Resigns from TGC Why I Resigned From The Gospel Coalition

James MacDonald and others on tithing

By sifilings on Tue, 11/22/11
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Which One of These is Just Like the Other?

Not For The Stout Of Heart...

By sifilings on Wed, 11/16/11
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In the earlier post, MacDonald acknowledged his own inconsistency: he knew he should not have “used strong language” to scold others for being harsh in their criticism of the Elephant Room strategy. But in yesterday’s post and video, MacDonald casts off restraint and reverts to angry-sounding rhetoric. Despite their starkly contrasting styles, both statements have one thing in common: MacDonald wishes those with concerns about what he is doing would just shut up.

Reflections on Confessionalism, Boundaries, and Discipline

By sifilings on Wed, 10/12/11
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Reflections on Confessionalism, Boundaries, and Discipline

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