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Cal · 05-18-2012, 06:58 AM

The really sad thing is that this insecurity and control-freakiness passed itself off as "protecting God's interests."

If you could sum up the deception of the Recovery it was that one thing:
A leader and his henchmen acting as if his will to power was in the Lord's interests, and a bunch of followers falling for it.

The Lord taught over and over than results are not to be achieved this way. His most famous statement about this was, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." A meek person is just someone who does not push his will on others, especially on those who are in his care.

Christian leaders are supposed to be servants, not directors. Saying that to those in the Recovery is like speaking Russian to aborigines.

05-18-2012, 06:58 AM	#37
Cal Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: USA Posts: 4,333	Re: Leaving the LRC has consequences.... The really sad thing is that this insecurity and control-freakiness passed itself off as "protecting God's interests." If you could sum up the deception of the Recovery it was that one thing: A leader and his henchmen acting as if his will to power was in the Lord's interests, and a bunch of followers falling for it. The Lord taught over and over than results are not to be achieved this way. His most famous statement about this was, "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." A meek person is just someone who does not push his will on others, especially on those who are in his care. Christian leaders are supposed to be servants, not directors. Saying that to those in the Recovery is like speaking Russian to aborigines.