tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861198333046479177.post6046019601150318727..comments2023-04-15T01:34:35.989-07:00Comments on BGBC Survivors: Obey Those Who Rule Over You and Be Submissive, Part 2Julie Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03125322661578802590noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861198333046479177.post-90178478168064516212012-05-17T16:01:01.753-07:002012-05-17T16:01:01.753-07:00Danger-- THIN ICE
1st and foremost, you have my a...Danger-- THIN ICE<br /><br />1st and foremost, you have my attention. We came (moved) to Beaverton with the express intent of joining your old church because we found former Marine and now Pastor Chuck on Sermon Audio, and was looking for a church that practiced street evangelism like Way of the Master taught. <br /><br />We wanted to be involved in street ministry.<br /><br />We got abandoned and shunned by that church in only a matter of weeks (2008) so we moved on, and that is why I have an ear for your story. And as thankful as I am now that it was over so quick, I am also growing quite concerned the more of your blog I read. It's easy to make mistakes, and it's easy to jump out of the frying pan and into the fire. (in other words go from bad to worse) A Biblical similitude to one told by Jesus in Matt 12:43-45 about new freedom from demon possession. <br /><br />The Devils favorite trick, is and always has been, to discredit the Word of God. You find his first words in Genesis "Yea hath God said?" Wrong translation this, wrong word that... those stupid translators... blah blah blah. <br /><br />Do you really think that your most powerful enemy is really going to let you off the hook and give you the secret decoder ring so you can translate what every translator (even those who were burned alive for it) missed? This is how cults really are born. Discredit the Bible and inject a fresh translation that finally fixes all the "problems". <br /><br />Men who lived and breathed the language who were later tortured and killed to bring you a faithful translation, and were not stupid unintelligent oafs filled bumblings. Gave their lives to bring you a faithful translation. If you are going to embark on a few dictionaries and/or textual apparatus or interlinear Bibles as "good enough" you will soon be producing your very own BGBCS translation, for the secret ring club of the elect few wise ones who escaped the snare of the devil, only to fall into the trap. <br /><br />There really is something to Bible version debate, and I urge and beg you to make it a priority to figure out please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861198333046479177.post-79520515919445173292012-05-13T10:00:35.531-07:002012-05-13T10:00:35.531-07:00Another useful Greek/English reference is the Lidd...Another useful Greek/English reference is the Liddell and Scott lexicon. You should be able to find one of the smaller ones in a used-book shop (that's where I got my copy! It saved my grade in Greek 102). Chase and Phillips's <i>A New Introduction to Greek</i> is also excellent (and more useful but less commonly found than the lexicon), and the UBS compilation of the New Testament in Greek is very accessible.<br /><br />Or you could check Amazon, I suppose. When I was learning Greek, Amazon wasn't yet a thing.<br /><br />Full disclosure: I study pre-Socratic philosophy (mostly ca. 400 BC), so these tools may not be perfectly suited for Attic writing (the bulk of the New Testament, ca. 30-300 AD as compiled), but they're a useful jumping-off point at least.Erik Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18256105192535576897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861198333046479177.post-57089832046231254002012-04-07T08:04:14.320-07:002012-04-07T08:04:14.320-07:00Greetings, Lin!
I'm so pleased to see your co...Greetings, Lin!<br /><br />I'm so pleased to see your comment here. Your series was very helpful to me. <br /><br />Thank you for sharing part of your story. That pain is real and your example shows that is not only emotional and spiritual, but can be physical, too - as you lost your home. What a horrible situation! How are you doing now? Feel free to email me: bgbcsurvivors@gmail.com<br /><br /><br />It's interesting how so many of us who have experienced the pain of spiritual abuse now are able to use that experience to connect with others and provide very real help as they are on their process of learning and healing. <br /><br />I am so thankful for the internet and the connections that have been made. You are right - we can and should warn others. Thank you for your post. It meant a lot to me!<br /><br />Happy Easter!Julie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125322661578802590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4861198333046479177.post-62109995163742515482012-04-06T19:36:47.508-07:002012-04-06T19:36:47.508-07:00Hello my dear sister in Christ,
Thank you for lin...Hello my dear sister in Christ,<br /><br />Thank you for linking to my series on Elders. I did a lot of research on that badly translated passage that is misused by those who love to lord it over others.<br /><br />I was thrown under a bus at a mega church as a staffer and lost everything including my home. And all because I did not go along with ruining other people or playing power games. Turf wars. It was the most evil place I had ever worked and that is sayng a lot since I was a trainer in many secular companies for 20 years. There is nothing more evil than evil done in the Name of Christ. At least the secular workplace has employment laws to obey. The church does not. They are exempt. I saw many people thrown under the bus.<br /><br />I decided that I did not know Jesus well at all or I would have discerned it earlier as a pew sitter and never trusted my life to them. Thus began my deep study of the Word. Now I know that most of what takes place out there in these institutions has nothing to with Christ. <br /><br />We are finding one another thanks to the internet. And we can warn others of the wolves and hirlings. Love in the Lamb. LinLinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04723395060585207854noreply@blogger.com