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Forum: Ex Church Kids (of Local Church) 09-30-2024, 07:56 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,397
Posted By Recovering
Re: What now?

I would recommend praying to the Lord and seeing where He places you then committing to be built up with whomever you find there. Even if it checks every box on your list, the Lord will have people...
Forum: Ex Church Kids (of Local Church) 09-30-2024, 11:43 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,397
Posted By Recovering
Re: What now?

PeterG My parents met saints from the Local Church when I was only a few months old. Their attraction to the group was natural given their experiences in a denomination that failed to form them...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 09-27-2024, 10:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 523
Posted By Recovering
Re: Not Sure How Much I Should Say...

Welcome @Movingforward! You've taken a big step already, the name you chose for this site is a testament to that. Remember, "greater is He that is in you than he who is in the world."
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 09-27-2024, 10:02 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,999
Posted By Recovering
Re: InconvenientRuth

Welcome @InconvenientRuth! I'm encouraged to see you here and have been following your video series on YouTube. My heart has been breaking for the things you have had to endure. Thank you for...
Forum: Various Living Stream Ministry Publications 05-16-2024, 02:29 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,084
Posted By Recovering
Re: Digital copy of "Fermentation of the Present Rebellion"?

I have wondered this same thing. My guess is that Witness Lee could neither hear nor pronounce a distinction between 'foment' and 'ferment', and either the editors didn't pick up on it, thought it...
Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century 12-19-2023, 12:04 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,342
Posted By Recovering
Re: The Lost and Found of the Local Church Kids

Dear TookTheWords, welcome to the forum. It would be great to have you sign up and join the conversation.

With Christmas around the corner and some family members still steeped in LC culture, my...
Forum: Fellowship Hall 09-03-2023, 04:42 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 3,006
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

Thanks Curious Fellow. I thought I'd share a short follow-up story — a couple of months ago, I met up with an old friend who still meets in the LC. We had formed a bond making music together and...
Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It! 08-29-2023, 06:38 AM
Replies: 218
Views: 6,878
Posted By Recovering
Re: 1000 Years Discipline

I’m not here in this post to argue for or against accountability of believers for their lives. But the 1000 year discipline teaching is too often used as a cudgel for a kind of works-based salvation...
Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It! 08-23-2023, 07:15 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 338
Posted By Recovering
Re: San Antonio Elders

I knew Mike and Victor from their time in Austin. When I was at UT, Mike was serving full-time, and Victor came into the LC through Christians on Campus, as it was known at the time. Mike was in...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 08-03-2023, 07:42 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,315
Posted By Recovering
Re: Just left LC

Hi Just Left, and welcome to the forum!
I’ll share two things that have helped me:
1 - Read your Bible. A lot. And if you can, try to read through different versions. Since leave the LCs, I’ve...
Forum: Ex Church Kids (of Local Church) 05-08-2023, 09:58 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,052
Posted By Recovering
Re: Do Good Brothers Make Good Husbands?

Whether or not a "Good Brother" makes a "Good Husband" depends a lot on your definitions of "Good Brother" and "Good Husband".

The twisted definitions of "Good" was one of my triggers for leaving...
Forum: Oh Lord, Where Do We Go From Here? 05-02-2023, 12:11 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 12,592
Posted By Recovering
Re: YouTube Channel - The Lord's Recovery Unchained

Welcome, and thank you for coming here to continue the discussion!

I followed the comment thread with interest since I long for frank and earnest discussion with saints who are still meeting in...
Forum: Apologetic discussions 01-26-2023, 07:19 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 534
Posted By Recovering
Re: LC doctrine and practice through the lens of God's love and hatred for

Well said! Almost two years out, and I find myself regularly re-reading familiar passages to try to get the plain meaning of them. There are well-worn ruts of reasoning in my brain that leap...
Forum: Orthopraxy - Christian Practice 12-02-2022, 09:14 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,299
Posted By Recovering
Re: LSM: To observe Christmas, its doubtful you’re a new creation

When we were still meeting with the LC and hosting a home meeting, for several years we would take our home meeting caroling up and down our street during one of the weeks leading up to Christmas. ...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 11-09-2022, 12:12 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,646
Posted By Recovering
Re: "Cultist" Podcast

Welcome to the forum! I'll make the same request that I'm sure others will: please register for a handle (registering is low-risk and low-commitment) and stick around so we can get to know you...
Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It! 10-20-2022, 09:22 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 13,576
Posted By Recovering
Re: Myth Busters LCD Style Program 1

This always struck me as funny, too. I think the word he may have been looking for was fomentation.


fo·men·ta·tion ˌfōmənˈtāSHən | noun

1 the action of instigating or stirring up...
Forum: Oh Lord, Where Do We Go From Here? 09-29-2022, 07:39 AM
Replies: 226
Views: 12,592
Posted By Recovering
Re: YouTube Channel - The Lord's Recovery Unchained

Not necessarily a waste of time, but it’s certainly dangerous to build an entire branch of your theology on such a debatable interpretation.

So what I’m struggling with is the conflation of “in...
Forum: Fellowship Hall 09-26-2022, 07:10 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 3,006
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

@Zezima Thank you for that. I'm glad it has helped. I spent time during and after writing the original post thinking through what I would say, given the chance for an honest, open dialog. As you...
Forum: Oh Lord, Where Do We Go From Here? 09-26-2022, 03:51 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 12,592
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

The first of the Two Trees series is [here (https://youtu.be/O_pp4grKkBk)]. A few more clicks will take you to the rest of the channel.
Forum: Oh Lord, Where Do We Go From Here? 09-26-2022, 03:21 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 12,592
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

SpeakersCorner it's been said before that statistics, if tortured enough, will confess to anything. And the other day I heard someone say the same thing about Bible verses. It's true that if you...
Forum: Oh Lord, Where Do We Go From Here? 09-26-2022, 01:27 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 12,592
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

GraceAlone thanks for posting that podcast. I listened, and it felt like they'd had a front row to my experience (and others I know) and helped provide some language to articulate what we've been...
Forum: Fellowship Hall 09-26-2022, 11:51 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 3,006
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

That was my point. No conversation was invited, only emails of appreciation.
Forum: Fellowship Hall 09-25-2022, 08:20 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 3,006
Posted By Recovering
Re: To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

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Thanks to just a thought we have an email address now. If he (BP) had invited conversation, I would probably respond, but it’s hard to say. To be clear, he did not solicit any stories or...
Forum: Fellowship Hall 09-23-2022, 08:58 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 3,006
Posted By Recovering
To "The Precious Saints Who Are No Longer Meeting With Us"

You may (or may not) be interested in visiting the Memorial Meeting website put up to honor Benson Phillips [link here (https://www.memorial-meeting.org/index.php?ir)]. The main feature of the...
Forum: Early Lee - Later Lee 09-17-2022, 04:41 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,381
Posted By Recovering
Re: BREAKING Watchman Nee and Witness Lee aren't in the Bible

Drake,
Many things are imputed to denominationalism by teachers in the Recovery that are based in generalizations, extrapolations, second-hand information and received wisdom that are simply not...
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