Hi Mark, I too, was in CF. After all these years to find this blog. I thought maybe I had met some aliens. I had a Bible once, that said any believer is an alien. I thought that right since others didn’t get it. But I wasn’t a good example, kind of like the rest of the world and other CF members. I hope I’m not too late to converse with someone that had the experience. I don’t know how the
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Hi, I came across this site about a year ago and ran with Lightening Amen and about 7 brothers and sisters 44 years ago. Today while listening to Dr Bruce Lipton and The Biology of Belief Full Lecture I came back to this site for some reason. Your: Date: May 23, 2011 05:55AM blog and thought I would write this. I too found the "KSM", which I was living prior to meeting the Christ Fam
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QuoteRensil when I wrote about DR's discernment and the accuracy of it compared to that of the other leaders, I wasnt meaning that I thought it was ok and that I believed her discernment was always accurate and from God. Pointing out people in a public gathering and speaking about their sin and need of deliverance, which has been discerned by a leader, is very upsetting for people. In
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Hi cbarb I agree with you 100%. God is sovereign, he can decide to heal or not to heal and he can heal people of all faiths and none. We may not understand why He acts in certain ways, but who are we to question God? It was good to hear of the healings your family have experienced - whether they were attending struthers at the time or not. Often, just because the leadership of a church is abus
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Clive, Was there a "cognitive disconnect" in my post? Either I'm not very good at expressing myself or I'm not logical. Take your pick! Where I do agree with you, is that I do genuinely question whether some experiences I had in struthers were from God or whether it was psychological manipulation. Another point of agreement is that I have often wondered whether the anti-pen
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Hi Mandrake Thanks for your encouragement to share. Although I finished last time by saying to those still "in" that they can be free. I'm still working through the proccess myself and that after 10 years of being away from the place. It gets so deep into your being and there is more pain and hurt now coming to the surface than I realised was there. I think this forum is helpin
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After having followed this forum for the past year or so. I've finally plucked up the courage to post something... I no longer attend Struthers and haven't done so for some years. My experience of this Church was like many other peoples - firstly very positive, then as I learned more and imbibed the teachings the negatives began to become all too apparent... The positive - I was bapt
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