GBFSV SPIRITUAL ABUSE VICTIMS' RECOVERY
For The Victims Of Spiritual Abuse And Authoritarianism At Grace Bible Fellowship Of Silicon Valley And Victims Of Other Churches ©MtnShepherdess 2016, 2017, 2018
Lori Alexander, Emotional Abuse, Headship, Submission -by Kathi I’ve been reading Lori Alexander’s blogs for quite a while now. Just when I think her writing is the same old boring rhetoric she always blathers on about, she ups her game. Her recent post, “How Not to Get Married” is one that actually should be titled, […]
via How Lori Alexander’s Teaching May Keep Women in Abusive Relationships — Spiritual Sounding Board
Source: Helpful Resources
The Abuse of Church Discipline
The joy in Good Friday
via A Good Friday Reflection: You Are Not a Worm; You Are the Joy of Jesus. —
We are so thankful to Marie for writing a guest post just for our ministry! We have long since supported and respected Marie for all she has endured. Marie is the author of “Redeemed from the Pit” and “Plugged In: Proclaiming Christ in the Internet Age”. She is also a trained counselor, who is now focusing…
via Spreading Your Wings – Even When They’re Broken By Marie O’Toole (formerly Notcheva) —
Imagine one of your theology students saying – “Dr. Olson, I am sorry to tell you this, but you are not a Christian.”
via Some Young Calvinists Are Misrepresenting and Even Bashing Arminianism According to Roger Olsen —
John MacArthur, in his sermon The Eyewitness Account of Creation, preaches on Genesis 1 and 2. He takes the position that these chapters record a literal and historical account of creation and that all history and science stems from the events of the opening pages of Genesis. I have no quarrel with those who hold […]
via Mega-Pastor Puts Down Person with Disabilities — Tim’s Blog – Just One Train Wreck After Another
Would Someone Please Rein in Some of the “Young Calvinists?” For those of you who do not know, I have been involved in a controversy with the American neo-Calvinists (“Young, Restless, Reformed”)—especially their leaders—for many years. While I respect their passion for the glory of God, I have criticized them on for two errors: 1)…
via Would Someone Please Rein in Some of the “Young Calvinists?” — Roger E. Olson
If a great theologian and pastor allegedly abuses the women in his congregation for decades, then what is wrong with his theology of obedience?
*Note: While this is an important story that The Wartburg Watch covered, I disagree with their calling (late) Pastor Iain Cambell’s having sex with at least seven women church members “affairs”. (There may be more women besides these seven.) These women have not been able to tell their side of the story. This pastor may have exerted undue influence over these women such as in counseling meetings and may have used other coercive tactics. We just don’t know the details. To tarnish these womens’ reputations when they may have been victimized is wrong. I decline to judge these Scottish women on so little information. To further ‘throw them under the bus’ in order to support Campbell’s widow Anne is also wrong. Please keep that in mind when reading this Wartburg Watch article. Campbell seemed like a real predatory creep. His victims aren’t to blame for his wife’s anguish. He is.
Here are some additional resources about pastoral ‘grooming’ of adults for sex.
Support group: Hope of Survivors http://www.thehopeofsurvivors.com/are_you_confused.php
http://www.ourstoriesuntold.com/sex-pastor-affair-abuse/
The fatal flaw of the move Is Genesis History?
via The New Movie: Is Genesis History? Answer: It Depends on Who Is Doing the Interpreting —
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