Spiritual Abuse & Cults http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/forums/88 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:29:29 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/forums/88 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ The Medjugorje Apparition Mary Themepark: An Ongoing Problem for the Roman Catholic Church ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9798/t/-Medjugorje-Apparition-Mary-Themepark--Ongoing-Problem---Rom.html Either the "good fruits" of Medjugorje are properly appropriated, or there is a danger that they will evaporate in an excess of enthusiasm, or worse lead to the formation of schismatic or even heretical groups. It has certainly been the case in the past that groups which have started out with the best of intentions have deviated from normality and ended up in opposition to the Church, so this is not a far-fetched scenario.

Heavenly... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid2) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9798 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:19:51 GMT <![CDATA[ Cults: How They Operate & How to Spot Them ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9443/t/Cults-How-They-Operate-How-to-Spot-Them.html COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF HOW THE CULTS OPERATE

For abusive cults, the key word is CONTROL CONTROL CONTROL by Submitting to the Leadership - leaders tend to be the absolute end, looked to as prophets of God, as specially anointed apostles. Or they can be a strong, controlling, manipulative personality who demands submission even if he changes his... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (monkeyweather) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9443 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:43:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Getting Free From a Cult & How Modern 'churches' Are Making Believers Vulnerable to Cults ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9412/t/Getting-Free---Cult--Modern-churches--Making-Believers-Vulne.html "Let my people go so that they may worship me!" Leaving Fodder Behind

Religious cults and sects thrive on the disenchanted.

A typical person that is attracted into new religious movements, cults, sects and/or factions (that they do not see as sects, cults or factions but as "the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (monkeyweather) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9412 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:14:53 GMT <![CDATA[ Warning: 'Fellowship of the Martyrs' Led by Spiritually Abusive Adulterers ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9410/t/Warning-Fellowship---Martyrs-Led--Spiritually-Abusive-Adulte.html Doug Perry & Chris Evans Warning: Fellowship of the Martyrs, FOTM
Further to the 'breaking news' in this last post here by 'Steve', here's some more information re Doug Perry and Chris Evans, from someone called Clare from here. Link

Here's Clare's testimony,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (monkeyweather) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9410 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:59:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Satanism - the evil roots of the cult of Scientology ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9133/t/Satanism-the-evil-roots-of-the-cult-of-Scientology.html This is a very graphic interview conducted in 1983 with L. Ron Hubbard Jr., son of the founder of what is now known as "scientology" - L. Ron Hubbard, Sr.
I would recommend prayer and caution before reading this.
The graphic nature of this depiction of the origins of scientology reflect just how demonic this cult is. It was created by a man who deliberately followed the same black magic rituals that Adolf... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (monkeyweather) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/9133 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:48:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Underside of cult life emerges ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/8738/t/Underside-of-cult-life-emerges.html Oct. 19, 2007
Lindsey Hoshaw


Almost three years after Children of God cult member Richard Rodriguez murdered Angela Smith and then committed suicide, a San Francisco journalist and a cult escapee are publishing books to spread awareness about the dark side of cult life.

Rodriguez's actions on Jan. 8, 2005, received instant... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/8738 Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:11:34 GMT <![CDATA[ September Issue of 'Body Life... ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7232/t/September-Issue-of-Body-Life-.html LIFE STREAM

*good on line publication for those outside the walls of the institutional Church*

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... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7232 Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:33:36 GMT <![CDATA[ Spiritual Survival for Abuse Survivors ~ *Warning Included.. ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7236/t/Spiritual-Survival-for-Abuse-Survivors-Warning-Included-.html *WARNING:Some of this is adult material.

"May you have the power to understand...
how wide, how long, how high, and how deep God's love is."
Ephesians 3:17-18


A well-known Christian... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7236 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 23:06:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Church Houses or House Churches? Where are we heading? ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7235/t/Church-Houses-or-House-Churches-Where-are-we-heading-.html

When God first organized His people into a Kingdom, it was at Mount Sinai under Moses. There God gave the people a great revelation in Exodus 19:6, "And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" [goy, "people or nation"].

This was not a reference to a soon-coming hierarchy of leaders, but to the people themselves.

It was not a reference to a special... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7235 Sat, 09 Jun 2007 22:25:22 GMT <![CDATA[ When You Are Ready To Try Again: Going Back to Church ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7234/t/When-You-Are-Ready-To-Try-Again-Going-Back-to-Church.html
spiritualabuse.com

When we were born we had no idea what was in store for us in our physical family. And we had nothing to say about the behaviors, character traits, or priorities of our biological family. None of us could choose what our family would be like.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7234 Sun, 03 Jun 2007 20:45:16 GMT <![CDATA[ Spot and Flee From the Wolf [Series] ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7238/t/Spot-and-Flee-From-the-Wolf-Series-.html
- Spot the Wolf 1- link

- Spot the Wolf 2- feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7238 Tue, 22 May 2007 13:21:54 GMT <![CDATA[ Why men flock to Islam ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7239/t/Why-men-flock-to-Islam.html
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One evening I was speaking to a group in upstate New York. I posed the rhetorical question, Why do men flock to Islam while avoiding Christianity?

I didn’t expect an answer, but one woman blurted out, If Christianity required women to walk behind their husbands and wear burquas, then we’d have a church full of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sid2) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7239 Sat, 28 Apr 2007 14:05:05 GMT <![CDATA[ OUR SURVEY SAID! - Paul Proctor -April 18, 2007 ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7237/t/OUR-SURVEY-SAID-Paul-Proctor-April-18-2007.html Last week in my NewsWithViews column, I responded to the curious claims of a Christian Post reporter about alleged survey findings she highlighted from a LifeWay study in a couple of recent articles titled, "Most Adults Switch Churches to Flee Former Church." and "Most Church Switchers Choose Non-Traditional Worship," where she concluded that "More than one in five adults who switch to a new church move away from traditional... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7237 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:00:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Narcissism in the Pulpit ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7242/t/Narcissism-in-the-Pulpit.html Narcissism in the Pulpit

Published March 20th, 2007
by Ken Silva

In this very in-depth piece we read,
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“Generally most church conflict is caused by carnality, selfishness and ambition (1 Cor 3:3)., Combine these sinful behaviors with an antagonist or two and you can have serious conflict problems as we... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7242 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:53:57 GMT <![CDATA[ Christianity outside the 'four walls'... ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7241/t/Christianity-outside-the-four-walls-.html
link HERE


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Over two million people (including many in leadership positions) stop attending the churches of Europe and North America every year.
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7241 Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:35:24 GMT <![CDATA[ Infallibility in The Bible, But Not in Your Pastor ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7243/t/Infallibility-in-The-Bible-But-Not-in-Your-Pastor.html Quoting JC Ryle . . .

I do not doubt that the one volume known as The Pilgrim's Progress, written by a man who knew hardly any book but his Bible, and was ignorant of Greek and Latin, will prove in the last day to have done more for the benefit of the world, than all the works of the schoolmen put together.

Learning is a gift that ought not to be... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7243 Tue, 27 Feb 2007 11:25:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Looking For A Church Home? ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7244/t/Looking-For-A-Church-Home-.html
So many who contact us at Christian Research Net are.

In this helpful piece Dr. Donald Whitney wants you to know, “If you are looking for a church home, the answers you receive to questions like these may help you determine whether a particular church is the one where God wants you.”


Looking For A Church Home?
By... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7244 Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:58:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Scripture Twisting Methods Of The Cults ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7245/t/Scripture-Twisting-Methods-Of-The-Cults.html In the book "Scripture Twisting," James Sire has a chapter devoted to each of the methods, and I have seen them ALL used from time to time.

1. INACCURATE QUOTATION: A biblical text is referred to but is either not quoted in the way the text appears in any standard translation or is wrongly attributed. Example: The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi says,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7245 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:33:48 GMT <![CDATA[ HOW TO RECOGNIZE IF YOU ARE IN A CULT GROUP ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7246/t/HOW-TO-RECOGNIZE-IF-YOU-ARE-IN-A-CULT-GROUP.html Are you told not to question what is being taught because the leaders are honest and want the best for you so you must trust them. Has someone replaced your own choices in life.

Are you told not to ask questions why anyone left, your to accept the answers the leaders give you such as: they fell into sin, they didn’t receive correction, they weren’t open or they had a bad heart and didn’t want to be disciples

Are... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7246 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:24:07 GMT <![CDATA[ "Tree Town" a Parable ]]> http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7247/t/-quot-Tree-Town-quot-a-Parable.html

There was a town much like any other town, except it had no trees. A disease had wiped them out so long ago that no one living today even remembered they had existed. They had grown accustomed to the barren landscape.

One day a young man went to the library looking for something to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kentucky Hunter) http://prophecyfellowship.yuku.com/topic/7247 Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:35:30 GMT