by Guest Writer | Apr 25, 2016 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, MCOI Journal, Summer 2003, Volume 9
(Originally printed in the Summer 2003 Issue of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 8) Looking at Bill Gothard’s Book The Power of Crying Out: When Prayer Becomes Mighty We1Randall Birtell and Randal Ming grew up together in the Evangelical Covenant Church in Scranton,...
by Don and Joy Veinot | Feb 25, 2016 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Church leadership, False Teacher, Fear, Legalism, Sexual Abuse, Shepherding, Spiritual Abuse
Recovering Grace is a website which hosts discussions of the teachings of Bill Gothard and his Institute in Basic Life Principles. They do this in an effort to help those who have been hurt by Gothard’s legalistic and authoritarian teachings. On February 19, 2016,...
by Guest Writer | Feb 13, 2016 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Legalism, MCOI Journal, Winter 2001
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2001 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 10) By Dr. Harry Adams Christianity is the faith of the cross. “But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ”(Gal. 6:14). The sufferings of...
by Guest Writer | Jan 18, 2016 | betrothal, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christian Life, Christian living, Courtship, Jonathan Lindvall, Lindvall, MCOI Journal, Summer 2000
(This originally appeared in the Summer 2000 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning on page 4) It all started when Bill Gothard* began to get Christians excited about “courtship” rather than dating. This came at a time when numbers of Christian young people and their...
by Guest Writer | Dec 28, 2015 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Fear, Legalism, MCOI Journal, Winter 2000
(This originally appeared in the Winter 2000 edition of the MCOI Journal beginning in page 4) By Keith Gibson The ministry of Bill Gothard has unquestionably affected the lives of millions of people. The teachings of his Institute of Basic Life Principles (IBLP)...
by Guest Writer | Jul 27, 2015 | Bill Gothard / IBLP, Fear, MCOI Journal, mysticism, September/October 1998
By Marty Butz Suffering, including medical and health hardships, affects Christians and non-Christians alike. Not only are physical infirmities tough to deal with, but mental anguish can be at least as disturbing when the question “Why me, Lord?” goes unanswered. Like...