Quotecoyote...I can remember once my wife and I confronted him with a what was a rumored 'indescretion' on his part. Instead of calmly dealing with it in an attempt to bring out the truth, he 'flew off the handle' and practically screamed at us and saying we were full of sin and had no business questioning his integrity. Mike has never liked authority and has always refused
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Thanks for your courage, Gene. We appreciate this glimpse into the beginning of it all. This has clearly been escalating for some time. Is there anyone else from that time period who knows about all this? Along with you, I am praying for restoration of the victims and for the redemption of Mike.
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I was curious as well as to what the problem was with graceisall's post. I didn't take her post as being in anyway offensive, so I would need to know what to avoid saying as well, so I never do it here. Respectfully, Jen
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Thanks for sharing your experience, graceisall. It sounds like you had a rough time of it, but God is so faithful in His love for us, isn't He! I will pray for you...
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profnachos, I, for one, would be very interested in your story.
Forum: Destructive Churches

lanajae, You know, now that I think back, I too was in a much better school prior to my time in an ACE school. This probably prepared me better as well. I doubt that I learned anything much in ACE either. I didn't attend a Christian college; it was a community college in my area. (Florida). They didn't seem to have any problem regarding my transcripts. But again, it was just a c
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lanajae, I can understand some of what you are talking about, since I was also involved in the ACE program for 6 years and in fact, graduated from an ACE school. It is a great deal different from the traditional school systems, but it didn't have the same affect on me that it did on you. If anything, my great desire to learn was fueled by the mistakes I saw in that system. When I we
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