No one can even see your underpants, Gerard! Tim does not understand this concept. I love how Billie Joe is all smiling warmly and covered in flannel, and Tim is half-naked and pissed off.
Tim and Davey Havok. I'll have another picture later in the post where they look even gayer for each other, if that's even possible. They would have gorgeous children. The power of Tim's torso is such that I swear I looked at this picture about a hundred times before I noticed Lars was wearing overalls. I'm sorry. I forgot who this was, and someone even told me recently. Tim and Lars. How cute with their matching knuckle tattoos! Operation Ivy!
Clockwise from top left, Jesse, Matt, Tim, Dave. Is Tim actually smiling? Holy shit. Op Ivy-era Tim, already making bad hat choices. Damn he has good eyebrows. Tim and Jesse. Operation Ivy. I approve of every clothing decision Tim made for this photograph. Recent picture. Compare and contrast with the Operation Ivy pictures. Tim has managed to be both a talented musician and a smoking hot piece of ass for twenty-two years.
Speaking of smoking hot, Tim smokes, which worries me. Someone has to make good music for my children. Also note the early version of the spiderweb scalp tattoo. Tim and Branden, attempting to be bad-ass, succeeding only in being adorable. Tim is a producer! He works very hard at producing. Just look at how many pens he has. Tim seems to often wear jackets without shirts. Excellent life decision, Tim. Also, I believe he is the only person on Earth who can wear a hat sideways and not look like a tool.
Shirtless boys playing the guitar. Hi, I like your nakedness. I can't believe no one in Op Ivy said something to him about the hats. They were supposed to be his friends. Yes, excellent outfit choice.
Tim and Travis Barker. Tim is angry at cameras sometimes; no one knows why. Also, do men just hang out all the time without shirts on? I have to start stalking my husband's guy nights. Tough-guy face, smoking-hot torso, bat hat decision. Must be Tim. Guh, his little pursed lips. Tim and Brody. This is the really gay picture of Tim and Davey Havok that I talked about before. Their body language is just insane.
Tim does not need eyes. Vision is for the weak. Another show, another questionable hat. Baby Tim! I don't know where this came from. I didn't stalk it myself though, so shush. Apparently he was born with good eyebrows. He has to reproduce, if just so those eyebrows can live on. Here you can see how more detail was added to the scalp spiderweb tattoo over time. Also, pretty. It takes a pretty tough guy to look tough in that hat.
Look at what a hot mess that fucking epic guitar is. Wearing his boyfriend's band t-shirt, held together by safety-pins. Looking like he was caught mid-sentence. Who have sex. Another daring hat choice. What's going on at his crotch? Besides me wanting to be there. His pants are torn-up oddly. Um, I don't know. You saw a hat with a feather on it and said, "That must be on my head. A feather? In other news, a decent shot of the scalp tattoo, which I actually really like. There are few people in the world who can pull off a tattoo like that, and Tim is one of them.
Hey, if you got it, flaunt it. As always, Tim loves hats, dislikes cameras. How does one cuddle with Lars while wearing a jacket like that? I'm genuinely curious. So Tim sings songs in the airport, and everyone else in the crew just looks out for his luggage, which he leaves random places, and makes sure he doesn't get kidnapped.
Shoulder, underpants, guh. No shirt, hat, underpants Good view of his tattoos and his legendary guitar filled with magic. Inside-out An Out Come the Wolves shirt. Because Tim needs to get all his clothes for free. Even though he owns the store that makes these clothes.
I'm sorry, but that scalp tattoo is just badass. Older pic. Still with the hats. It's a crime to cover up those arms. Oh, men, with your shirts with holes. It would be disgusting if it wasn't so endearing.
Also, see that on his inner forearm? What is that? Tim and Lars, being awesome. Kind of smiling? How so pretty? I like your spider. Not to get off-topic, but it's hard to make fun of Tim's hats when Lars is making clothing decisions like this. Is there a reason the band's so attached to that streetsign? It's been at every show for years and years. Yes, it's Tim's name. That's very clever.
Tim tries to indoctrinate a new generation of badasses, but can't help laughing, as this douchebag is totally doing it wrong. Have you noticed my awesome hat? Whoever he is mad at, run away quickly. Tim gives an almost-smile to the guitar he loves more than most people. Photo booth in Coney Island?
Is he wearing make-up? Tim says, "My knee is bleeding profusely. Let's take pictures! Yay for smiling! What is off-camera that is making Tim so happy? I'm guessing it's either his guitar, Matt, or boobs. I believe this is in Branden's house. You can kind of see the Brody-heart tattoo in this one. No arm tattoos. A little gay. As all men should be. I don't even know. Someone make up a story that explains this. Does my awesome hat intimidate you? Perfect chest. Interesting hat. Wilted mohawk.
Tim learns the hard way that you can either run, or wear your pants like that, but not both. Tim continues his crusade against cameras, since he believes they steal his soul. Either that or he wants us to go fuck ourselves? Angry or asleep? I smoked for 14 years though, so I can't really say anything. Man, I don't have the energy to even take the stairs at work, and he does this shit.
Happy face! What a murderous look. And now even his action figures want to kill you. I'm 12 years younger than this guy, and I quit smoking, and I can't jump that high without injuring myself.
I believe this is recording in Branden's basement. Is that supposed to be a threatening look or has someone surprised him? Nice view of right-arm tattoos. Oh my god such a baby. I'm going to jail for what I'm thinking right now.
In other news, has he been wearing the same belt for twenty years? Everyone loves Tim. Holy shit, his pants. No wonder no one said anything about that stupid hat. Everyone was staring at his ass. This needs a clever caption so bad. What's happening? What is he holding?
Brody-heart tattoo. This looks like a professional wrestler pose. Is this Op Ivy? Tim will now fuck you upside down. Guh, scalp tattoo, ilu. Older version of the scalp tattoo. Are his nails painted? This is what happens when you have a slumber party with Davey Havok. Are those casts? Tim sitting on a porch, working on his alcoholism. Tim showing off his guitar, dressed like a pirate. From the Rancid [] artwork. I'm not sure what this is from, but it is hilarious.
Early-Rancid Tim with his mohawk. This is the picture where you can kind of see his leg tattoo. Tim and Pink. All the other guys in the picture seem so happy to have half-naked Tim among them. Tim and Branden!
I imagine them having really intense discussions, where Branden is like, "Let me learn from you, oh musical genius", and Tim says, "Okay. The first thing you will need is hats. When you jump up in the air so much, sometimes you fall down. I believe this next set is last summer's tour. I can't see through this hat. Please note spare hat at waistband, just in case Tim has an emergency that would necessitate two hats.
Insert humorous caption. Tim, bleeding profusely, and the text tattoo he later covered with the rose. A smile! Perhaps he has spotted something he loves, such as spiders or nonviolent gangs. Lost naked in a field, with only his awesome hat to protect him from strangers.
You want to borrow my pink pen? No, you can not. How has he not had a wardrobe malfunction by now? Fuck you, you can't come in. Fuck you, you can't sit here. Again with the inner left arm tattoo I can't make out.
This is what happens when you wear your pants that low. All the girls want to sex you. Oh, Tim, your face. Why so menacing? This is my desktop background at work. Both men were so disturbed by the vote to reinstate Thomas White that they resigned their positions from the Board of Trustees. Just speculating here, but I wonder if perhaps that is why Tim Armstrong wanted to get rid of Mike Castelli? Ava Aaronson : And, celebrity pastors? He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
He must increase, but I must decrease. Phillips NT Obey your rulers and recognize their authority. They are like men standing guard over your spiritual good, and they have great responsibility. Try to make their work a pleasure and not a burden — by so doing you will help not only them but yourselves.
All 18 gifts on level ground at the foot of Jesus Who sits on the throne. Always good to read the entire Bible, without cherry-picking the rules-for-thee-but-not-for-me verses. Big red flag for a leader to flash this verse without the context of all 18 gifts. Ava Aaronson : Rom. That was my first thought as well. Good riddance to a man who thinks anyone has charge over my soul other than God! It is the celebrity pastors who are fleecing the flock. I do know of pastors of large churches who are serving well.
Him is at the root of the celebrity spirit in the American church. Here in lies a fundamental problem of so many Christians, and Christian orgs…. Jeffrey Chalmers : Ava Aaronson ,. Others are raising meat and eggs and sharing that with those that need it and cannot grow it.
Some are checking in on friends, the elderly, and family to make sure they are safe and healthy since we are a pandemic epicenter. Some are administering covid shots allowing folks to stay under the radar since it is a social no no for some to get the shot. Some vaxxed folks are masking up, giving out masks, working odd hours to try and keep the immunocompromised safe.
Jeffrey Chalmers : Here in lies a fundamental problem of so many Christians, and Christian orgs…. Cherry-picking Paul his epistles without consulting Jesus the Gospels has led to much confusion in the church … NeoCal being the most recent example. Hebrews is not a universal moral absolute that should be added to the Ten Commandments.
This verse cannot be used to command allegiance from others. There were times when both Jesus and the apostles refused to submit to authorities. As a general principle, it works—as long as we remember that the writer probably knew his readers and also the leaders to whom he asks them to submit. In a different context, it might be entirely appropriate to tell some believers to ignore those who are lording it over them. A good reminders: The Bible is not written to us, although it is written for us.
Powerful comment, Max! No human deserves the glory, and God is really present with us. He genuinely believed he would answer to God for his part in influencing my beliefs and practices… for good or ill. Therefore he tried to live an exemplary life, to listen well, and to teach as best he could. I found this quite humbling, since we both knew that the pastor had no real control over how I live my life. Still, I deeply appreciated the notion that the pastor and I could help each other, as my faith deepened.
Another oxymoron. The stage is a red flag. How is it that a servant is propped up on a stage: lights, music, fog machine…. Chaplet of Divine Mercy is a Catholic devotion, practiced by many denominational folks with some tweaking.
Even Rick Warren is a fan. I am not a fan of his, just info. It would take a long explanation which can be readily found online, but it is acontemplative prayer. But it is a very beautiful focus on the fact that from Genesis on God IS merciful, that not only did Jesus bring us salvation but also a river of mercy from God, and that God delights to grant mercy to all.
Catholics on here can explain it much better than I, including the tie in to St. Faustina did I get that right? There are study helps and even a devotional Bible to help a person begin to get the idea that God is a God of mercy, that Jesus provides that mercy, and that we can freely run to the mercy seat. It appears to me that right now our whole world needs a heaping helping of mercy.
You can pray it any time but there is a tradition of 3 pm, so if you like the idea of praying with others even when in solitude google it and join in. See you at the foot of the throne then! Jeffrey Chalmers : In my professional world. Ava Aaronson : The stage is a red flag. In older churches taken over by the NeoCals, the young whippersnappers built stages over prayer altars steps used by members as a place to pray before and after service.
The pandemic has provided an opportunity for the Church to minister to the hurting around them … being the Church rather than going to church. Jeffrey Chalmers : Sigh…..
Pay the money, get your Doctorate. Just like a diploma mill. Last week morning drive-time radio covered young adults and teens in one of the low-vaxxed Bible Belt states Missouri? As in having to go out-of-area and wear a disguise.
Headless Unicorn Guy ,. That is the real irony…. Jeffrey Chalmers : do not, deep down, respect education…. When you generic you have a Bible that allegedly speaks to any and all minutiae, and resolves all questions for all of life, why do you need to go to seminary?
I was an attender of The Chapel. Their constitution makes it very difficult to remove a Sr. Also did anyone notice he did not sign the letter as Pastor Tim Armstrong? I can only pray that he sees he was unfit to be a pastor…. Headless Unicorn Guy—Much of northwest Ark. That is indeed my region, the Ozarks. A further observation.
It took 11 years after earning a Ph. I consider a person putting Dr in front of their name, without defining it as honorary, if that is what the degree is, FRAUD…. When this done by a preacher, it disgusts me.. Muff—agreed and cannot get the quote to work for me this morning, but the Ave Maria is indeed beautiful. However, for many it would violate their conscience so they make the switch. The enemy is certainly at work in this. They knew. TWW has recorded numerous examples of such poor leadership.
The whole leadership bunch at TCC should be in the same bucket as Armstrong for not addressing his authoritarian abuses over the years. Elizabeth : What a divisive write up. What do you mean, please?
Are you saying that the main post is divisive, or that people at The Chapel Church are divisive, or one or more comments are divisive…? All the rage nowadays with the cult leader pastors.
Their leap to academic cosplay. And, now and then, those of us in the secular humanist U comes in contact with students with degrees from places like Liberty, Cedarville, and Bob Johns….
Max : The whole leadership bunch at TCC should be in the same bucket as Armstrong for not addressing his authoritarian abuses over the years. They sacrifice innocent men, women and children on the altar of their own ease and self interest, which they often justify by their own warped concept of unity and misguided sense of friendship.
Connie Gould : I was an attender of The Chapel. Todd Wilhelm : It takes courage to publicly address what you have seen. That sentence says a lot about the condition of some corners of the American church. Church members should never be scared silent regarding the misconduct of church leaders. Manipulation, intimidation and domination are not fruit of the Holy Spirit — such behavior by church leaders should never be tolerated.
When folks have no access to yes-men elders to express their concerns, the Christian blogosphere provides them a voice. TWW and other watchblogs like it provide a valuable service to the Body of Christ … to inform, warn and encourage. Thanks for your comment, Elizabeth. You will find that, unlike many heavy-handed, authoritarian pastors, we welcome dissenting views on this blog.
Sorry for what you and hundreds of others from the Chapel Church have been forced to endure for the past few months. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters. Friend : What do you mean, please? In indirect Christianese, of course. Elizabeth : The enemy is certainly at work in this.
I sometimes give benefit of the doubt in case my assumption is wrong, and to coax people away from indirect Christianese. Well, we must first approach that question with the reality that believers are to serve a living Christ. Yet, the Church acts like men have authority over it, that Jesus is no longer King of His own Kingdom on earth in the here and now.
That somehow somewhere over the corridor of time, men decided that we should do church according to a message and method to fit our space and time. Jesus then becomes only a word in a book and a cross on the wall.
If Jesus is not alive and well in His church, if He does not have lordship over it, then He has no influence. Lord knows how easily we have been influenced by those who have usurped His authority. This blog topic is but one example among many of the diminished authority and influence of Jesus in the 21st century church. At the root of the problem with ministers and ministries we see posted on TWW is that Jesus has little to no authority and influence over them or those under their watch.
Do they move when the Lord says move … do they stop when the Lord says stop? Do they think He is saying anything to them? Do they linger in the Word to hear Jesus speaking to them in the here and now? Are they led and taught by the Holy Spirit or only a man in the pulpit? Does Jesus have ANY authority and influence in their ministry? IMO, hearing God to position us to hear what He is saying depends on us removing all the noise and clutter that gets in the way.
The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. The practical application that works in ministry is to have the Main thing the main thing.
Allow me to jump in uninvited. No more aging, no more expiration date, no more death. Neil Diamond put it this way:. We were discussing this at a Bible study last night. The cooperation of Christians has, historically, founded hospitals and schools, and literally saved lives.
The love of God, and what Christians can do as a group. So simple, but so hard to do for most church folks. Doing church without Him is so much easier. Humility and repentance can be particularly … humiliating. Thus, the beat goes on. Reading a bit of C. He switched the phrase around a bit to relate is specifically to Christians.
Our lives cause onlookers to talk about us, good or bad. Be mindful how you live as a professing Christian, as we are to be maintaining a Christ like life. The world is watching and will certainly talk about what they see. We caught it. It further proves his behavior in his own words.
We now anxiously await the return of Pastor Castelli as we all know he was a victim of Tim Armstrong. The Chapel trustees must continue the investigations process, which is the right thing to do. Will you pray for The Chapel family, and be thankful that, although none of us love this situation, this situation has brought to light what could have become much worse. Be thankful God intervened, even though we might not understand why it happened the way it did.
We can all learn lessons from trials such as these. Susan : Be mindful how you live as a professing Christian, as we are to be maintaining a Christ like life. Have you ever, even once, criticized the teachings or folkways of any church, anywhere in the world? Christlikeness sometimes means switching gears to turn over tables. TWW exits to protect the greater Body of Christ by informing and warning about wayward ministers and ministries.
Hi, Susan. It is painful to belong to the Church of the Bad Headline. Members might fancy that outsiders could not possibly understand, or the good outweighs the bad. They need to stop and think, though: How bad is the bad? How good is the good? If a temporary employee steals the church van, the congregation can probably recover quickly. But if people are suffering in a toxic or criminal environment, everything needs to slow down.
The church might recover, especially if the truth is permitted to see the light of day. I had to go through various battles in life to develop thoughtful responses. Evangelical Christianity does not have that focus. Muff Potter : Evangelical Christianity does not have that focus. Uploaded into The Cloud, not Meat in Meatspace.
For I shall have Saved His Soul. Max : Christlikeness sometimes means switching gears to turn over tables. How much kickback was he getting Crossway from I wonder? She shares her concerns in a kind and genuine way, and you challenge her?
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