Mind Games of Abusers: When Words Have No Meaning

If you dialogue with a spiritually abusive leader or cult member, prepare to enter a mind warp. The rules of sense, reason, and accepted definitions go out the window and are replaced with jargon, …

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The Hi-jacking of Ephesians 5:22 – Marie O’Toole’s blog

When the call to ‘submit’ is wielded like a weapon, it is a sure sign that the follow-up verses on “loving [you] wife as Christ loved the Church” are not being obeyed. Christ never intimidates or t…

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Church Membership Abuses at 9 Marks Churches by Dale for The Wartburg Watch blog

“9Marks churches are very dangerous places to attend church. The ones I had attended lacked love and integrity — two marks of a congregation of true worshipers (John 4:24)” writes Dale in his testimony

via ‘Church Membership’ – Dale Shares His Testimony Regarding Membership in Churches Affiliated With 9Marks —

Church Membership Covenants Aren’t Needed Nor Biblical by Wade Burleson for The Wartburg Watch

“I need no covenant to guarantee that God will finish the work He’s begun in me.” Wade Burleson

via Church Membership Covenants and God’s Word to the Wise… —

Fraudulent Authority book by Wade Burleson on The Wartburg Watch

“The church of Jesus Christ in the 21st century is losing its power to transform lives because of an infatuation with spiritual and moral authority that pastors take over people,” according to Wade Burleson

via Fraudulent Authority – Wade Burleson On Pastors Who Seek To Rule Over Others —

Church Discipline (Abuses). by Todd Wilhlem for The Wartburg Watch

“Too many of our present day evangelical churches are staffed with proud, pompous, narcissistic men who have been indoctrinated at institutions such as Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,” writes ‘rock-throwing peasant’ Todd Wilhelm.

via Church Discipline – A Difficult Task? Guest Post by Todd Wilhelm —

119 Contradictions from Calvinists

Why Create This List? I’ve compiled this list of contradictions and double-speak from the experiences I have had with 5 point Calvinists to show the “doctrines of grace” do not rightly divide the Word of Truth which demonstrates Calvinists don’t have the sound mind God requires of someone who is approved of God (2  Timothy 2:15). I do concede that not everyone who claims this doctrine actually believes it in their hearts and I give grace in those situations.  I […]

Source: 119 Contradictions from Calvinists

Personal Story: Wife of Pedophile Shares How Her Husband Manipulated Her from Seeing the Truth – Spiritual Sounding Board blog

“In Cindy’s story, we read about what it was like for her as she came to grips with her husband’s secret life of committing sexual crimes against children and how it affected the relationships in her family and extended family….”

Source: https://spiritualsoundingboard.com/2016/12/27/ex-wife-of-pedophile-shares-her-story/

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Pedophile, Wife of Pedophile, Sex Abuse


Today I am posting a personal story from a woman named Cindy who left a comment yesterday on the 3-1/2-year-old article, Being Married to a Pedophile: A Wife Speaks Out and Offers Hope to Other Wives of Pedophiles, which has continued to reach women who are searching for support.

Her comment was posted at 4AM on the West Coast the day after Christmas. It got me wondering . . . maybe Cindy lives on the East Coast and was posting this in the quiet hours of 1AM after a pleasant Christmas day (the story ends on a positive note). What struck me was that she posted this around the time where families are gathered for the holidays. Perhaps she, too, was reminiscing of Christmases past, of what it was like when their family appeared to be whole and happy. But obviously she also thought about the…

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Serious Allegations: Did the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America Cover Up Tom Chantry’s Alleged Molestation of Children? —

Bombshell: Did the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches in America cover up a report of an investigation into Tom Chantry’s child molestation? Time to launch the trebuchets, perhaps?

via Serious Allegations: Did the Association of Reformed Baptist Churches of America Cover Up Tom Chantry’s Alleged Molestation of Children? —

How to Research and Avoid Churches Like Heritage Bible Chapel, Charles River Church, or Southshore Bible Church —The Wartburg Watch

How to avoid churches like Heritage Bible Chapel.

via How to Research and Avoid Churches Like Heritage Bible Chapel, Charles River Church, or Southshore Bible Church —