Category: Disturbing Trends

Disturbing Trends, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, Full-Quiver, Homeschool Movement, Kevin Swanson, Patriarchal-Complementarian Movement, Reconstructionist-Dominion Movement, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Bullies

Kevin Swanson Spews Nonsense from His Mouth to Further His Birth Control Agenda

Julie Anne

* * * Kevin Swanson spews rhetoric:  Dead embedded fetuses in wombs for women on birth control pills! I get slightly annoyed, no, actually royally peeved when people use their position of leadership and influence to push their agenda. I've been on the inside of the homeschool movement and seen how this works. The Christian… Continue reading Kevin Swanson Spews Nonsense from His Mouth to Further His Birth Control Agenda

BGBC Google Reviews, BGBC Lawsuit, BGBCSurvivors Imposter Blog, BLOG INFORMATION, Disturbing Trends, Faith Tabernacle, Homeschool Movement, Marriages Damaged-Destroyed by Sp. Ab., Patriarchal-Complementarian Movement, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Bullies, SURVIVOR STORIES, Women and the Church

10 Most Popular Articles of the Year at BGBC Survivors Blog

Julie Anne

It's always fun to watch which blog posts are popular, so I thought it would be interesting to recap the ten most popular blog posts since the inception of the blog late February of 2012.  So, here ya go:     1.  Buh-Bye Pastor Edwin Young This was a huge surprise to me.  I took a… Continue reading 10 Most Popular Articles of the Year at BGBC Survivors Blog

Beaverton Grace Bible Church, BGBC Lawsuit, Disturbing Trends, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Bullies

Chuck O’Neal’s Minister’s License is Revoked and Warning to Readers!

Julie Anne

Hey folks, we took a trip for a few days and have been chill-axin' a bit after a 10-hour-drive in adverse road conditions yesterday, but this needs to be addressed.  During my time away, I became aware that Ken Silva of Apprising Ministries wrote an article announcing that my former pastor, Chuck O'Neal, had his… Continue reading Chuck O’Neal’s Minister’s License is Revoked and Warning to Readers!

ABUSIVE FAITH & PRACTICE, BGBC Lawsuit, BGBCSurvivors Imposter Blog, Dictators, Disturbing Trends, Extra-Biblical Nonsense, It's All About the Image, Legalism, Narcissistic Pastors, Shunning, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Bullies

Music and Madness

Julie Anne

'Tis the season and my kids and I have been playing a lot of this:    and singing in Christmas programs.  There are two final music events this week.  Music is so wonderfully healing and was certainly a nice distraction from some heavier subjects. But hey, did you happen to read about Westboro Baptist Church's website getting hacked… Continue reading Music and Madness

Disturbing Trends, Homeschool Movement, Patrick Henry College, Reconstructionist-Dominion Movement, Spiritual Bullies

The Homeschool Movement: Michael Farris, Patrick Henry College and His Response to a LGBT Group

Julie Anne

You all might feel like a yo-yo today because I'm going to go down an entirely different path today.  This post has to do with Michael Farris, but not about Reconstructionism or Patriarchy.   I did, however, think it was important to understand his background and also the vision of Patrick Henry College leading into… Continue reading The Homeschool Movement: Michael Farris, Patrick Henry College and His Response to a LGBT Group

Disturbing Trends, Homeschool Movement, Patriarchal-Complementarian Movement, Patrick Henry College, Reconstructionist-Dominion Movement

The Homeschool Movement: Reconstructionist Movement, Michael Farris, HSLDA, and Patrick Henry College

Julie Anne

  Continuing with last article's theme of Reconstructionist ideology as in the homeschool movement, I'd like to give you some history on Michael Farris, one of the key pillars in the homeschool movement.  I cannot say whether Farris would call himself a Reconstructionist, but as I shared in the last post, many times people adopt… Continue reading The Homeschool Movement: Reconstructionist Movement, Michael Farris, HSLDA, and Patrick Henry College

Courtship, Disturbing Trends, Homeschool Movement, Modesty and Purity Teachings, Patriarchal-Complementarian Movement, Reconstructionist-Dominion Movement, Spiritual Abuse

The Homeschool Movement: Its Reconstructionist Roots and Rushdoony’s Influence

Julie Anne

"We are authorized by God to challenge all that is not godly!" Rushdoony thundered. "God is angry with the wicked every day, and the sins of the wicked deserve the infliction of God's wrath in this life as well as the life hereafter!"  RushdoonyI know the title of this post seems dry and boring.  If… Continue reading The Homeschool Movement: Its Reconstructionist Roots and Rushdoony’s Influence

Disturbing Trends, Single and Christian

UnMarried Movie: Is Staying Single Sabotaging Christianity?

Julie Anne

WARNING TO SINGLES:  You just might blow a fuse after reading this.  Brace yourselves.Yesterday I was reading SGMSurvivors.com blog and read this comment:Jenn Grover November 28th, 2012 at 11:06 pmPersona -- don’t even get me started on that line of thinking about singles. CJ got that straight from Mohler. “There is no biblical category for enduring… Continue reading UnMarried Movie: Is Staying Single Sabotaging Christianity?

ABUSE & VIOLENCE IN THE CHURCH, Abuse Systems and Transformation Tools, ABUSIVE FAITH & PRACTICE, Disturbing Trends, Legalism, Narcissistic Pastors, No-Talk Rule, Shunning, Spiritual Abuse, Spiritual Authority, Spiritual Bullies

List of Cultic Tendencies

Julie Anne

Charles Lester wrote a list of cultic tendencies (originally posted Oct. 1991 in Spiritual Counterfeits Project newsletter) which can be viewed in full online at the Battered Sheep website.  The entire list can be found here.  Below are the items that hit a nerve with me.  Is your pastor fully accountable to a board of… Continue reading List of Cultic Tendencies