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Most IFB churches don't own your house, car and paycheck. You must have come to Hammond as an adult, eventually joined the staff and found it wasn't a utopia. It is not uncommon for a church employee of Christian denominations to be given a parsonage. It is not uncommon for a church employee...

I get what you are saying there. But it only applies to large churches such as Hammond and the people who grew up there. It certainly does not apply to the average IFB church of less than 150 people, because they don't have all of the everything. For those who grew up there, it is really all...

I have issue with the IFB being called a cult because it is hard to leave. I believe this to be more in the imagination of those leaving than anything else. Yes, there are some churches (Tom Neal) that actively tell people not to have fellowship with those who are leaving on a critical note...

Not sure why all the formatting stuff is in my reply box.

So, you watch everything he does with the same intent? You infatuate yourself with a person just to broadcast everything you think they do wrong? If you are unhappy with JH and JV doing such, why are you doing it?

Understand the place, then you understand the appreciation for screen names. This isn't facebook or something of the sort. This place is where much of the original real exposure to predators took place. People who shared had a lot to lose by speaking out. The screen names and anonymity...

Honestly, I don't. And I hope I don't discover any.

On some level, you could say that every denomination does this. I think of a cult as something much more dubious.

Why would I follow such a fellow? Move on with your life rather than obsessing over what somebody who you don't like does during the day.

That is a really odd list. See response: 1. KJO does not a cult make. It may become heretical in some churches (only saved by KJV), but a little heresy isn't a cult, it is incorrect teaching. 2. Nowhere near Amish standards. They only want women in dresses and not low cut tops. Plenty of...

In short - no. Ransom gave a pretty good outline of what a cult is. Maybe in the future when time permits I will give my opinion on his report.

That's "Doctor" Binaca Chugger to you, young man!

Imagine you made a mistake as a kid on a trip to Vegas or Gatlinburg and said "I Do" at a wedding chapel. You never consummated the marriage and had it annulled shortly thereafter. Life goes on, you get married and have a kid. Then you get a letter in the mail telling you that your annulment...

Read the legal brief. It sounds really weird. The girl talked him into marrying her right before he left for the States. 2 years later she shows up wanting him to care for her. He refuses and goes back to file for the annulment based upon the grounds he was pressured into the marriage. The...

SHOCK.

I grew up at Hammond, served on staff for several "famous" IFB pastors and now serve on staff at an SBC church which is very conservative. I very much disagree with the concept that high standards are driving away the young people. I very much disagree with an aging population driving away...

That is a good book! I had to search far and wide to get a copy. You are the only other person I have heard reference it, other than the original book I read which referenced it.

SOoooo many MOGs go down that Catholic path. I had a guy tell me that Heb 13:17 means that the MOG will give an account to God of my Christianity to determine if I should be allowed into heaven or not. When I laughed at him and called a meeting of the deacons to decry him as a heretic, he told...

YOU STINKIN' DUMB-BUNNY!

I do believe God leads and I do believe we can know His leading. I don't judge if God was leading me or not by how well I enjoyed the outcome. God led the children of Israel into the wilderness, Jesus to the cross and He will sometimes lead me to a trying time. I do believe many leaders in...