Quote: “As a human being we should pay attention to fear, not logic. Emotions are the only thing that are real in this world. Emotion is fact! Emotion is real!” That was the response of a fear-driven, emotionally-driven 20’s-something young woman, “afraid of that hat.’” What hat? A “Keep America Great” hat or cap, worn …
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Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 3
This special three-part testimony is posted to share my experiences within a church organization whose teaching and practice I discovered to be more in line with that of a cult than an ordinary church group as one should expect to find such. It is not, “The writings of a deeply hurt man,” as is the accusation from people within, (a common …
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Melbourne Christian Fellowship – Why I Left It. Part 1
This special three-part testimony is posted to share my experiences within a church organization whose teaching and practice I discovered to be more in line with that of a cult than an ordinary church group as one should expect to find such. It is not, “The writings of a deeply hurt man,” as is the accusation from people within, (a common …
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I failed to study that word “free”
“In the church, there is no hierarchy. Leaders are not to force their will on others.” My wife and I visited a church one time and were very blessed to hear those exact words coming from the minister, as he preached his sermon. The words impacted me because prior to him speaking, this had been our experience far