Quote:
Originally Posted by JJ
While reading this and other threads on this site over the past few days the incredible human toll I witnessed myself and have read here of TLR "bait of Satan" struck me.
I began to make a mental "Vietnam Wall" like list of dear saints I once "fought the good fight with" in TLR that were wounded along the way and were left for dead by those who should have cared for them, including me, with a calloused heart.
The length of my TLR Wall list and the story of each one, including damage to relationships and children staggered me, as I mourned and repented silently. I wondered how long the TLR wall list would be if it was collectively compiled.
|
Great points,
JJ.
Living in Greater Ohio for decades and serving in the LC's, I witnessed the same long trail of victims as a result of TC abuses, shaming, and public humiliations. All of these precious brothers loved the Lord, loved His people, loved the Word of God, loved their families, loved to serve, etc. and were all gifts from the Head to His body. Yet they supposedly had one "fault" in common -- they all had a "problem" with TC. What was their "problem?" They had enough of the abuses he so regularly dished out.
Why was he so abusive? Because that was the "way" he had learned from WL and others. That's all he knew. Though the N.T. provides not a shred of support, he is convinced the pattern of rebuking and shaming is part of the "Lord's Recovery." Apparently it also serves the military well, so it must be good enough for God. Why didn't He tell us so in the Bible?
One day I challenged a brother, who was still loyal to Cleveland -- what if we put TC in one balance and all his victims in the other balance. How will the scales tip? Which one would you choose? All of these dear, precious, and fruitful members, with their wives and children,
or one abusive leader?