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Evangelicals and Progressives: The Great Divide

by | May 25, 2023 | Authoritarian, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Brian McLaren, Evangelical Left, Gay Marriage, Gospel, Homosexuality, Legalism, Postmodernism, Progressives, Richard Rohr, Rob Bell, Spiritual Abuse

In our book, A Matter of Basic Principles: Bill Gothard and the Christian Life, the Epilogue, “Fear of Flying,”  was included to help the readers understand how those in cults and high-demand authoritarian groups can feel trapped. They have been given a view of God as...

The Evangelical Press and the Church

by | Apr 20, 2023 | Beatrice Chestnut, Beth McCord, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Christopher Heuertz, Church leadership, Claudio Naranjo, Discernment, Eastern Mysticism, Enneagram, False Teacher, Gwen Shamblin, Helen Palmer, Heresy, Occult, Oscar Ichazo, Paganism, Panentheism, Pastors, Perennialism, Richard Rohr, Russ Hudson, Russell Moore, Spiritual AIDS, Suzanne Stabile, Weigh Down Workshop

Pastors and elders have difficult jobs. Biblically, they have two primary tasks. We find one in Acts 20. It is the shepherd’s role of protector: Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the...

Unfair!

by | Apr 13, 2023 | Death, Despair, Grief, Hate, Hypocrites, Poverty, Salvation

Most, well really ALL of us – at some point believe life isn’t fair. The truth is life isn’t fair, and it hasn’t been fair nor unaccompanied by pain and loss since the Garden of Eden. Doesn’t it seem that some people have all the “luck?” Life appears to come...