“SHEPHERDING A CHILD’S HEART” – The Unrealistic Demands Upon Children In Insular, Doctrinally Linear (uneducated) Religious Cult(ures) That Perpetuate Harm – From A “Layman’s” Perspective, Lest We Forget

This is not a review of the book Shepherding A Child’s Heart (SACH) by Ted Tripp, there are many excellent reviews available which I share later that lay out the concerns we have from our experience with this material years ago through the same pastor and his now defunct former church.

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Citing Crippling Manipulation, the Beginning To Finding the Way Out and Living Again

The underbelly of “gospel centeredness” unveiled for what it is.

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Cash Flow Pay To Play “Masterclass” & The One Directional Flow Model Of The Matthew 18:15-17 Sludge, My Plumber Was Right, ‘**it’ Only Flows Downhill

THE VILLAGE PEOPLE & THE EFFECTIVE HYPNOTIC MASTERED CLASS OF LIFE…. ¿¿

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What Is the Common Thread in These Stories So Well Written About this Year? Connecting the Dots of What, At First Glance, Appear As Disjointed Gospel/ Religious Dysfunction

Be wary of “SIN” focused .. yet personally dismissive, angry, vindictive, patriarchal leadership

1. Al Mohler: The Humiliation of the Southern Baptist Convention

2. Toronto Police Investigating More Incidents At Saint Michael’s College School

3. Memphis megachurch pastor Andy Savage resigns admitting ‘immoral’ sexual misconduct

4. The Sin of Silence

As many know, as a hobby I write these items or blog posts about these ongoing cultural/ religious societal stories knowing that in many of these religious cultures – of which I am very familiar with – so many individuals for years before their stories ever became publicly known….

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Eventually, Fish Are Food Not Friends

Came across an article today that had this very accurate image that took me back to my encounters with one of several pastors over the years.

Illustrated by the talented NakedPastor.
Titled Invitation to Intimidation

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Many Believe You – The Silencing of the Silent Suffering & The No Longer #metoo Multi- Generational Shift & Reckoning

An excerpt from a Facebook conversation around a post about the current US Supreme Court nomination proceedings where the difficult question was put forward “Are you suggesting Judge Kavanaugh is guilty?”

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Parallels Within the Upside Down : Next Level Genius Or “Adult Daycare” Unable to Play Connect the Dots

It’s becoming increasingly clear why large numbers of evangelical church leadership are drawn to President Donald Trump.

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Pastor Secretly Reveals the Sexual & Other Improprieties (“Sins”) of Members to Other (appalled) Members in Attempt To…. Garner Loyalty? Imply Special Favour Status To Secure Buy-In & Financial Support? Feed The Starving Egos of The Naive Or Maybe Not So Naive Members? Are These The Official Grooming Practices Of The Much Lauded “Disciplines Of Grace”? FUBAR

Do your homework and be sure that the ripple effect of your church environment does not cause you a multiplied disruption tidal wave of vortexed closed loop anguish that can feel inescapable if they have become your ONLY source for “truth”.

Clearly that (ridiculous & deliberately long and what one would wish was a sensationalist) title will get the attention of some. But that practice is very real and evident of where the ACTUAL “slander” and “gossip” also if not predominantly exists, the trusted “clergy”.

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Dangerous Denials and Debilitating Manipulative Beliefs

This vlog is powerful and I love it.

To all the people and preachers I once knew (and many hundreds of preachers who hold to this ignorant view) and who STILL go on about “all you need is Jesus and the church” and denounce current effective measures of care and empathic mental therapies that take into consideration the modern understandings and serious complexities of the human makeup and psychology of the soul… please, please listen to Kevin.

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Nothing Fancy Today, Just an Ongoing “Observation” & “Charitable Judgement”- as the saying goes

I love it when religious trolls and stalkers (followers aside though) from the same location frequent your blog site almost daily worried about what you might say about them next. A site that has no purpose other than to expose the perverse underbelly of evangelical sects.

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