http://www.apologeticsindex.org Apologetics Research Resources on religious movements, cults, sects, world religions and related issues Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:29:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1489-chapter-7-god-took-time-to-visit-his-lost-child http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1489-chapter-7-god-took-time-to-visit-his-lost-child#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:40:19 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1489
Many fail to accept it and move on. They need to understand that their significance is not in what they had, but it is in their relationship with Christ. They have lost a few years, but they have not lost their soul." ]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1489-chapter-7-god-took-time-to-visit-his-lost-child/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1334-chapter-6-a-broken-bone-that-heals-is-stronger-%e2%80%a6 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1334-chapter-6-a-broken-bone-that-heals-is-stronger-%e2%80%a6#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:07:13 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1334
Dr. Ebaugh has identified four major stages in the role-exit process, regardless of what that role is.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1334-chapter-6-a-broken-bone-that-heals-is-stronger-%e2%80%a6/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1318-i-cant-hear-god-anymore-life-in-a-dallas-cult http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1318-i-cant-hear-god-anymore-life-in-a-dallas-cult#comments Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:22:31 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1318 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1318-i-cant-hear-god-anymore-life-in-a-dallas-cult/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1124-recovering-from-spiritual-abuse http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1124-recovering-from-spiritual-abuse#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:44:53 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1124
It is false to say you cannot know or understand the Word of God unless you have the proper inner attitude, or unless you surrender and submit, and that only when you get to that place will God break through and show you the way."]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1124-recovering-from-spiritual-abuse/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1109-the-shack-william-p-young http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1109-the-shack-william-p-young#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:02:24 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1109 The Shack, the really troubling fact is that so many readers are drawn to the theological message of the book, and fail to see how it conflicts with the Bible at so many crucial points. All this reveals a disastrous failure of evangelical discernment."

We provide a number of research resources on the book.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1109-the-shack-william-p-young/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1098-chapter-4-grace-to-people-who-know-they-need-it http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1098-chapter-4-grace-to-people-who-know-they-need-it#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 00:39:27 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=1098 Churches That Abuse and Recovering From Churches That Abuse were undecided whether to leave an abusive situation or stay in the hope that their presence might make a difference.

But by remaining in an unhealthy environment for whatever reason people help perpetuate a system they have experienced as destrucive. Those who are contemplating leaving an abusive situation need to make a complete break and flee.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/1098-chapter-4-grace-to-people-who-know-they-need-it/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/988-chapter-3-i%e2%80%99d-like-to-really-live-not-just-survive http://www.apologeticsindex.org/988-chapter-3-i%e2%80%99d-like-to-really-live-not-just-survive#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:43:42 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=988
First, like many members of abusive churches, Colleen had a personal history that predisposed her toward victimization.

Second, her experience demonstrates the essential need for help from competent counseling and caring Christians in the process of recovery.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/988-chapter-3-i%e2%80%99d-like-to-really-live-not-just-survive/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/974-chapter-2-is-there-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel http://www.apologeticsindex.org/974-chapter-2-is-there-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:28:23 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=974
Christians who want to be helpful to those who have come out of abusive experiences must be sensitive, nonjudgmental, and accepting-even if they find it difficult to understand how something so bizarre could happen to another Christian.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/974-chapter-2-is-there-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/945-searching-for-freedom-from-spiritual-abuse http://www.apologeticsindex.org/945-searching-for-freedom-from-spiritual-abuse#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:16:24 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=945
These are some of the questions addresses in Chapter One of his book, Recovering From Churches That Abuse.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/945-searching-for-freedom-from-spiritual-abuse/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/950-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-preface-acknowledgments http://www.apologeticsindex.org/950-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-preface-acknowledgments#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:50:09 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=950 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/950-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-preface-acknowledgments/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/952-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-contents http://www.apologeticsindex.org/952-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-contents#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:40:16 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=952 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/952-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-contents/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/954-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-notice-disclaimer http://www.apologeticsindex.org/954-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-notice-disclaimer#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:30:27 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=954 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/954-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-notice-disclaimer/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/958-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-online-book http://www.apologeticsindex.org/958-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-online-book#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:20:33 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=958 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/958-recovering-from-churches-that-abuse-online-book/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/903-the-perils-of-positive-thinking http://www.apologeticsindex.org/903-the-perils-of-positive-thinking#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:40:10 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=903
Have you ever been asked to think of your layoff, cancer, or foreclosure as an “opportunity”?

Here's a book that explodes the myths of 'positive thinking.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/903-the-perils-of-positive-thinking/feed 0 http://www.apologeticsindex.org/906-how-positive-thinking-has-undermined-america http://www.apologeticsindex.org/906-how-positive-thinking-has-undermined-america#comments Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:13:09 +0000 apologeticsindex.org http://www.apologeticsindex.org/?p=906
"The promotion of positive thinking has become a minor industry in its own right, producing an endless flow of books, DVDs, and other products; providing employment for tens of thousands of "life coaches," "executive coaches," and motivational speakers, as well as for the growing cadre of professional psychologists who seek to train them.

America has historically offered space for all sorts of sects, cults, faith healers, and purveyors of snake oil, and those that are profitable, like positive thinking, tend to flourish."

Read the introduction to Barbara Ehrenreich's new book: Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America.]]> http://www.apologeticsindex.org/906-how-positive-thinking-has-undermined-america/feed 0