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Forum: To God Be The Glory! 01-23-2025, 10:55 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 657
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Heart Of The Local Church Problem...

Thank you for this excellent read! The fleshly desire for visibility is contrary to Christ. This explains why Witness Lee was so offended by John So's insistence that "Christ would build His church"...
Forum: Apologetic discussions 01-18-2025, 04:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 383
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Seeking The Truth In Love YouTube Channel

Feel free to reach out through shepherdingtheflock[at]gmail.com

PS
Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century 01-10-2025, 01:29 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 1,829
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Ron Kangas- THE BODY IS THE FATHER

Yeah, and LSM took it away once more as well. However we do have the original audio.

Here is a link to the audio recording where Ron Kangas was speaking those words. The really crazy talk begins...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 01-10-2025, 01:01 PM
Replies: 1,022
Views: 608,426
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: How Much To Throw Out?

The audio recording where Ron Kangas was speaking those words is this message, beginning at approx 58 minutes.
https://www.blendedbody.com/_cl/_audio/_Lima2007-32/Lima2007m1.mp3
...
Forum: Turmoil and Concerns of the late 1980s 12-14-2024, 02:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 562
Posted By PriestlyScribe
45 California Churches - Open Letter (with signatures)

One of the documents that I inherited from the late brother Don Hardy was a fax copy of a May 15, 1990 OPEN LETTER FROM THE CHURCHES IN CALIFORNIA, USA.
That letter was issued following a set of...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 12-14-2024, 10:02 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,992
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: InconvenientRuth

FYI: The digital version of John Ingalls' book, (4F) NEWSPAPER ARTICLES APPEAR January 1989 (https://johningalls.com/#/reader/chapter/53), contains a link to the complete LA Times article.

Please...
Forum: Little Flock/Local Church Spinoffs 08-29-2024, 12:50 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 17,217
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Bill Mallon's Passing

Regarding your question about John Ingalls' activity post LC, this resource (https://www.johningalls.com/#/reader/chapter/73) may provide some answers.

The testimonials posted on the Rose Hills...
Forum: Extras! Extras! Read All About It! 08-27-2024, 08:19 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 13,572
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Myth Busters LCD Style Program 1

Well, since you asked - let me share with you a first hand account by a (then teenage) woman who got "enjoyed" by Witness Lee's son in 1987:

"During those years of sibling abuse, I was also...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 08-19-2024, 09:09 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,382
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Greetings from an LC member!

Welcome back "Trusting"!

Best wishes on your therapy.

As the LC gradually developed into a full blown personality cult, there automatically remained less and less space for anyone who...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 08-19-2024, 05:53 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 6,382
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Greetings from an LC member!

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Makes perfect sense to me - you did nothing wrong, neither are you crazy!

How you described your uncertain journey in the LC leads me to believe that you already...
Forum: Spiritual Abuse Titles 08-18-2024, 05:13 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 9,141
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, Johnson & VanVonderen

You DO realize that in order to become a trusted leader in the LC, any sense of right and wrong must be destroyed? Listen here...
Forum: Spiritual Abuse Titles 08-12-2024, 01:07 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 9,141
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, Johnson & VanVonderen

The all time "Bishop" of the USA based Flying Monkey Squadron for Witness Lee was no doubt the late Benson P.

Underneath Benson's seemingly fearless example of how to protect bruther Lee, there...
Forum: Turmoil and Concerns of the late 1980s 08-01-2024, 10:27 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,506
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Church In Hong Kong

Well, to begin with Terry, you can thank Sam Ingalls for loaning his only copy of his Dad's book to me for a couple of years. Then in 2023 somebody put up a pristine copy for sale on Amazon and I...
Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century 07-29-2024, 04:53 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,526
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Is The Local Church Movement Dying?

Thanks for the great summary you provided to us Unregistered!

Only two things I would add to it:

First off, Dr. Lily Hsu's book actually has a respected co-author who validated her findings....
Forum: Ex Church Kids (of Local Church) 07-27-2024, 10:17 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 869
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: The apostolic mob of the Lord's Recovery - the usurpation of God's thro

Brilliant assessment! Just one more reason why prayers within the movement were rarely addressed to "Our Loving Heavenly Father God"! In order to make his "brand of cargo" sound super-special, Lee...
Forum: Turmoil and Concerns of the late 1980s 07-26-2024, 02:39 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,506
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Church In Hong Kong

In addition to the blasphemous speaking by Howard Higashi which took place during the Taipei FTT, the brothers in Hong Kong also reported that Paul Hon gave a bizarre explanation of the New Way's...
Forum: Various Living Stream Ministry Publications 07-25-2024, 01:06 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,081
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: "Why do Flying Monkeys BELIEVE a Narcissist??"

Yes WL did actually say that, and reading those words at the time they made some kind of sense to my befuddled mind.

https://blendedbody.com/4LCD/Warning10-PoliceStation.png
Link to my Serious...
Forum: Various Living Stream Ministry Publications 07-20-2024, 10:57 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,081
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: "Why do Flying Monkeys BELIEVE a Narcissist??"

That video helped me to understand the mindset of the hundreds of elders & co-workers who did not challenge Witness Lee's lies during the 1989-1990 smear campaign. Sure, there was immense peer...
Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century 07-06-2024, 02:45 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,526
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Is The Local Church Movement Dying?

From my vantage point the "blended brothers" emerged in a slightly different manner. They banded together for sure, but being already prominent & well known signers of the 1986 pledge of loyalty to...
Forum: Apologists Speak RE: The Local Church 06-08-2024, 01:12 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,986
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Morris Fred on W. Lee and T. A. Sparks

I would propose that there may have been an additional factor of offense which arose between WL and TAS during that 1957 visit.

Aside from the humanly understandable reaction when an outsider,...
Forum: Various Living Stream Ministry Publications 06-07-2024, 02:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,081
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Digital copy of "Fermentation of the Present Rebellion"?

What most folks need to know about WL's evil book could simply be extrapolated from this sequence of pages IMHO:
https://blendedbody.com/4LCD/Fermentation/Page-062.jpg...
Forum: Various Living Stream Ministry Publications 05-13-2024, 10:46 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,081
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Digital copy of "Fermentation of the Present Rebellion"?

In case you are interested, a hard-copy of that book is for sale at this link (https://www.tokopedia.com/bukuidasa/buku-the-fermentation-of-the-present-rebellion-by-witness-lee).

Hope that helps....
Forum: The Local Church in the 21st Century 04-17-2024, 04:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 8,999
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: Predators in the church

I see an interesting parallel between the predatory ministry of Nee-Lee and that of Mike Bickle - the paradox of inconsistency.

Both of these ministries contain certain healthy teachings which, if...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 04-12-2024, 10:22 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,409
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: From the Frying Pan...into...Another Frying Pan

Absolutely there is a correspondence between Witness Lee and Jessie Penn Lewis!
https://blendedbody.com/4LCD/WL-JPL-writings-inspired.png
Jessie Penn Lewis
...
Forum: Introductions and Testimonies 04-06-2024, 09:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,409
Posted By PriestlyScribe
Re: From the Frying Pan...into...Another Frying Pan

Challenge Lee. You will suffer initially, but in the long run be better for it. And you will be able to go where God wants you to go - there's a journey in front of you! (and I think many of us here...
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