tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200761395363260502.post6530900880220025683..comments2023-05-11T14:01:56.018-07:00Comments on His Scribbler - 2017: Grace under Siege 45: Do any of these apply?Jessica Renshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06772797916085422429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200761395363260502.post-57900277704578113242012-01-12T07:50:01.026-08:002012-01-12T07:50:01.026-08:00When we were in a similar church, i also found a l...When we were in a similar church, i also found a list of "cult characteristics." I think there were 17 or 18 on the list, and that church/pastor qualified for more than half (10 i think). Even tho we and others had been hurt, and i thought the church was veering very close, it didn't quite qualify mostly because i knew the pastor did strongly want to uphold scripture (tho we believe his view of scripture to be very twisted). <br /><br />For us to still be involved with that church would be the willingness to be caught up in the drama of the situation. We stayed until, essentially, asked to leave. But by then i was happy to not be listening to the heretical stuff we had been being poisoned by week after week. I hope this doesn't stretch out too long for you. It isn't healthy.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03272307621143522274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200761395363260502.post-74246653261928133722012-01-06T14:20:27.978-08:002012-01-06T14:20:27.978-08:00Yes, you might think so if you didn't know tha...Yes, you might think so if you didn't know that the abuses started many years ago and the opposition in late September when they started coming to light.Jessica Renshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772797916085422429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7200761395363260502.post-54550290538511402702012-01-06T11:12:15.407-08:002012-01-06T11:12:15.407-08:00Not to be critical, but having read your posts, co...Not to be critical, but having read your posts, couldn't it be possible that this church is rallying around their pastor because so much criticism has been directed right at him. If your posts are any indication of the arguments going on, if someone disagreed with you it seems like they might rally around their pastor, not in blind obedience, but in response to some very intense charges against him. In other words, could your comments against this man have served to galvanize people around him? Just a thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com