SSB Gathering – November 20, 2016 — Spiritual Sounding Board

Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi *** Luke 24: 1 – 12 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find […]

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Are there strong parallels between Mormonism, Islam, and ESS? — A Cry For Justice

In the recent posts on ACFJ regarding Wayne Grudem, Bruce Ware, women, authority, etc., I kept thinking about the parallel and false doctrines in Mormonism and Islam. My parents were both born & raised in the state of Utah, which is largely Mormon, and I know firsthand the damage of patriarchal politics in family, society and […]

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The Problem with Church Membership Covenants – bad doctrine hurts God’s people -Tim Fall’s blog

The Old Testament is full of covenants God made with his people: Edenic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic. If those aren’t familiar to you, don’t worry. The point is that God makes co…

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Responsibility for Spiritual Abuse – Part 2B – The “Pyramid of Responsibility” in Toxic Systems by Brad/FuturistGuy blog

Part 2A and Part 2B – The “Pyramid of Responsibility” in Toxic Systems. Part 2A / Post #1 Section 1. Culpability, Complicity, and a Pyramid of Responsibility Power and Its Abuse, In Social an…

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Graphic Warning: Testimonies of Sexual Abuse By a Youth Worker in a Memphis Church —The Wartburg Watch

Allegations of sex abuse by a church youth worker from surface in Memphis. Trigger warning:explicit and graphic descriptions of abuse. The abuse victims are my heroes!

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Five Signs that a “Membership Covenant” = “Cult” by Christy Thomas @The Thoughtful Pastor

A pastor ponders life, death, hope, despair, theology and the nature of God

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