Apologetics Index

Month: December 2005

Exit Counseling

Exit counseling is a voluntary approach to helping those involved in cults make informed decisions about their group affiliation. But beware of some opportunists who market themselves as 'cult expert' or 'intervention specialist.'

Boundary Maintenance


Individuals and organizations that educate Christians on the dangers of aberrant or heretical doctrines and movements are sometimes said to be involved in “boundary maintenance.” To one extend or another all belief systems are involved in boundary maintenance – the process of determining the essential doctrines of a particular faith, discerning which doctrines fall outside the boundaries (of that faith’s scriptures or the interpretation thereof), and defending the faith against challenges or attacks on its central doctrines – from within and without the faith group.… Read more