I recently came across this post on Eric Schumacher’s blog site. I thought it was excellent and wanted to share it with you. This is a take-off from C.S. Lewis’ book, “Screwtape Letters.” -Todd The Gospel-Centered Abuser Posted on September 2, 2019 by Eric Schumacher My dear Foolsgold, I read your last report with great interest and not a little pride. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Abusive church tactics
“The voices in this article should be heard as a warning sent from God, calling the church to repent,” Greear tweeted. “As Christians, we are called to expose everything sinful to the light. The survivors in this article have done that — at a personal cost few of us can fathom.” -J.D. Greear, February 10, 2019 “And what sort of … Continue reading
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. -Galations 5:1 NIV I first wrote about BattleCreek Church and their Senior Pastor, Alex Himaya on November 8, 2021 in an article titled “Jumping Off a Cliff For Jesus at BattleCreek Church.” I was … Continue reading
Today I turn the spotlight on “The River Church,” a Charismatic church that, as far as I can tell, is an independent/non-affiliated church located in Kimball Township, Michigan. From photos above, it appears The River Church meets in a former school building. Co-lead pastors were husband and wife Bill and Kim Wahl, although in recent days the website no longer … Continue reading
PBC, COTA, CHBC, HCC: These failures led us to a decent church. In the 80s, we loved CHBC. So what happened in the 10s?
Continue readingProof that the CMA will send a pastor with a background of harassment onto new and unaware churches.
Continue readingIt’s time for the CMA to take a hard look at its views on sexual harassment and abuse.
Continue readingI recommend everyone read Julie Roys’ article, “EXCLUSIVE: John MacArthur Shamed, Excommunicated Mother for Refusing to Take Back Child Abuser” as background for my article below. “Great things are accomplished through the little ones, the weak ones, the vulnerable ones. When those cries for seeking, saving, protecting, and refuge are heard and honored, then our enemy is silenced. What power … Continue reading
I have never met Marybeth Arnold or Amanda Hodson, but I have followed their story since 2018 and admire them greatly. They have waged an arduous battle in an attempt to bring Ben Cole to justice for sexually abusing them and also to keep Cole from sexually abusing other young girls. While both of their lives have been permanently … Continue reading
This is a story about a TikTok hero with mad skills who took on her former church and won!
Continue reading“Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.” -Sinclair Lewis, Letter Declining the Pulitzer Prize, 1926 “Fanaticism can often be a normalized phenomenon, and the unwritten recipe suggests that it starts and ends with absolute certainty. If you are always certain about everything, you might just live in an echo chamber, or there might be … Continue reading