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		<title>Update on Davey (Watchdog) and Goliath (FBC Jax)</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/24/update-on-davey-watchdog-and-goliath-fbc-jax/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/24/update-on-davey-watchdog-and-goliath-fbc-jax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:07:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update on the FBC Jax Watchdog lawsuit ]]></description>
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		<title>Why Unspoken Church Rules Are Like Being Stuck in a Mansion With Nudists</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/10/unspoken-church-rules-are-like-being-stuck-in-a-mansion-with-nudists-peace-if-possible-truth-at-all-costs-martin-luther/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/10/unspoken-church-rules-are-like-being-stuck-in-a-mansion-with-nudists-peace-if-possible-truth-at-all-costs-martin-luther/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 20:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarian leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creationism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SBC pastors]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toxic Faith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looking at the secret rules in churches]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recovery From Toxic Faith</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/09/recovery-from-toxic-faith/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/09/recovery-from-toxic-faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:15:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarian leadership]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recovery from Toxic Faith.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Roles in a Toxic Faith System &#8211; Enabler, Victim, and Outcast</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/06/more-roles-in-a-toxic-faith-system-enabler-victim-and-outcast/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/06/more-roles-in-a-toxic-faith-system-enabler-victim-and-outcast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarian leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toxic Faith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toxic Faith systems would not exist without individuals playing certain roles.&#160; We have previously examined the roles of persecutor and co-conspirator.&#160; It doesn&#39;t take a rocket scientist to figure out&#160; that&#160;leaders would not be able to&#160;lead if they didn&#39;t have&#160;followers who follow.&#160; Let&#39;s take a look at two&#160;types of followers in&#160;toxic faith systems &#8212; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Role Playing in a Toxic Faith System</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/05/role-playing-in-a-toxic-faith-system/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/05/role-playing-in-a-toxic-faith-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarian leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church conflict]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Theological arrogance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toxic Faith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#34;Toxic faith exists when one or more dysfunctional systems provide false concepts of God, faith, and the individual.&#34;&#160;&#160;&#160; Stephen Arterburn and Jack Felton

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Ever wonder what is the &#34;glue&#34; that holds toxic faith systems together so strongly?&#160; It&#39;s actually quite simple.&#160;&#160;According to Arterburn and&#160;Felton, &#34;In a dysfunctional system, whether it&#160;be a family or a religious organization, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Toxic-Faith Characteristics</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/03/ten-characteristics-of-a-toxic-faith-system/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/08/03/ten-characteristics-of-a-toxic-faith-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Dissonance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shepherding movement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ten Characteristics of a Toxic-Faith System.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Toxic Faith: Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/29/toxic-faith-experiencing-healing-from-painful-spiritual-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/29/toxic-faith-experiencing-healing-from-painful-spiritual-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Churchianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual abuse]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thewartburgwatch.com/?p=2632</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Book review of Toxic Faith.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>What is Spiritual Abuse?</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/26/what-is-spiritual-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/26/what-is-spiritual-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>deb</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarian leadership]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Introduction to spiritual abuse.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The “No Church Is Perfect” Tap Dance</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/23/the-%e2%80%9cno-church-is-perfect%e2%80%9d-tap-dance/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/23/the-%e2%80%9cno-church-is-perfect%e2%80%9d-tap-dance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authoritarian leadership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church conflict]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thewartburgwatch.com/?p=2492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Defining the stupidity of the statement that "no church is perfect."]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Caner’s Conundrum: When The Church Acts Like John Edwards</title>
		<link>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/01/ergun-caner%e2%80%99s-shame-when-the-evangelical-church-is-like-john-edwards/</link>
		<comments>http://thewartburgwatch.com/2010/07/01/ergun-caner%e2%80%99s-shame-when-the-evangelical-church-is-like-john-edwards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abusive church tactics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darrell Gilyard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ergun Caner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberty University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Paige Patterson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual offenders/pedohilia+the church]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sovereign Grace Ministries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wade Burleson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ergun Caner aftermath]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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