Posted in Legalism vs grace, Media, Spiritual betrayal, tagged legalism versus grace, Spiritual betrayal on August 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Donna at “Stop Spiritual Abuse” posted this. (It’s really short, about 2 minutes.)
I wonder if it resonates with you? It doesn’t with me, so much, but I can see how it might with some folks. In the Assembly I never “overcame” enough to get to this point. But maybe [...]
Posted in Legalism vs grace, spiritual abuse, tagged legalism versus grace, spiritual abuse on May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is a great quote on the sweetness of spiritual freedom from Chuck Swindoll, Grace Awakening. In response to those like Betty G. who would retort, “You just don’t want to be subject to the Lord and go the way of the cross,” I would reply that being obedient to Christ is not the same [...]
Posted in Devotional, Higher life, Joe Sperling devotional, Legalism vs grace, Spiritual abuse devotion, Works-based Christianity, tagged Joe Sperling, Spiritual abuse devotion, Devotional, "Higher Life" teaching on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Joe Sperling shared a couple of encouraging posts this month on the Assembly board that are especially good for those of us who still have the lovely combo of BG and GG’s messages in our subconscious: GG – “Strive harder or you’re going to lose out eternally “, (we are going to make it, George, [...]
Posted in Assembly kids, Devotional, Grace, Legalism vs grace, Spiritual abuse devotion, The Assembly experience, The love of God, Works-based Christianity, spiritual abuse, tagged children of bible-based cults, Devotional, Geftakys Assembly, growth, legalism versus grace, spiritual abuse, Spiritual abuse devotion on February 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Internet Monk describes pretty well the prevailing concern of legalistic pastors over the dangers of ‘cheap grace’ (here, here and here). Betty G. once said to me, “If there weren’t the possibility of losing out on the inheritance, what would be the motivation for sanctification?” This was a rhetorical question – the obvious answer [...]
Posted in Devotional, Faith, Grace, Legalism vs grace, Spiritual abuse devotion, The love of God, Works-based Christianity, tagged Devotional, Faith, growth, Legalism vs grace, love of God, Spiritual abuse devotion on February 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
p>Michael Spencer’s posts on grace (here, here and here) gave me an “aha!” moment about what was off-base, spiritually speaking, in the Geftakys Assembly, and other legalistic groups. That kind of perfectionistic performance-based teaching invokes a schema that is all about the individual. Do I have the right attitude – “Are you rejoicing, sister?” Am [...]
