At the very end it asked what TLWF could do better Immediately greenlight moves to Iowa City for church members who are not afraid of getting lost.
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At the very end it asked what TLWF could do better The Elijah/Elisha dynamic needs to be reworked a bit. As a starter, I suggest allowing Elisha to control Elijah at least one week in every month. Elisha would select the week, which could vary month to month. Anyway, thanks for granting me the opportunity to be honest without the fear of retribution. I appreciate it! (signed using someo
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I honestly knew I couldn't keep up with all the words adding onto God's will for me.... it was kind of becoming a long list... My recommendation is that you read the book of Leviticus, TCMJ. I think that will simplify things. ;)
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A few posts from August 2018: Posted by: reveal Date: August 20, 2018 09:21AM (excerpt) Some interesting food for thought...Knowing that TLWF monitors this site and reports its findings back to Kevin and Gary, isn't it telling that rather than using the information they find here to help fix what is broken and wrong about the church, they instead threaten and persecute those who spe
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"Raised by Wolves"
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If it's unauthorized, that means you must do it. It is now mandatory. :) Reep wrote: It was during the nineties at a conference that I got busted by the sound booth guys for unauthorized musical accompaniment with a shakere. It was a gourd instrument with a net of beads covering the outside. I had purchased it from a man calling himself Shakere Joe in Echo Park. Great fun!
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ha puddington Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Especially a green tambourine
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Thank the universe you did not have a tambourine, TheJewel.
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I think an appropriate name for a punk band in TLWF would be Mindfuck, but then they would likely be shunned by the fellowship, and that would be no fun. Anyway, glad you had the opportunity to play music in the church. Finding a healthy outlet made the place a bit more tolerable--at least for those who managed to do that. Note: My wife, without my permission, sold my trombone in a garag
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I admit, I kinda like this song...and yet there's something triggering about it. I can't quite put my finger on it.
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katnmouse91265 wrote: I am really connecting with the videos from the living word cult that are on you tube. It's helping me heal from the pain of what happened and validating the fact that I wasn't insane when I ran away from it. The decision to leave was rooted in sanity--but the toxic culture we all were immersed in made it seem otherwise. It's refreshing to think our own
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reveal wrote: Over here on the other side, there is freedom and peace, genuine relationships and LOVE that does not require you to be anything but YOU. True
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"This culture will not change." Post by 'reveal' from September of 2018: Posted by: reveal Date: September 06, 2018 09:37PM I love what everyone has been posting lately. I feel like so many of us have been holding our tongues for a very long time and we have somehow collectively realized that the time has come to SPEAK UP! Someone mentioned recently the concept of &qu
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Thanks for posting the link, puddington.
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The Jewel wrote: Looks like they are still peddling the literature under the Living Word banner and logo. I like the fact that you can not only purchase items, but donate to the 'ministry.': /s Donate Thank you for supporting the ministry of The Living Word. Donate with PayPal button
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The Jewel wrote: I am just finishing up Sarah Steel’s book “Do As I Say: How cults control, why we join them,…” and She makes a statement in the glossary in the TLW entry that Gary Hargreaves shut it down. I haven’t gotten that impression from anything else I have read - particularly here. Neither have I. He raises money, but I think that's under Hargrave Ministries. BTW, was 'The
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A few more pleasant posts--this time from May of 2018: Posted by: changedagain Date: May 28, 2018 04:48AM Alexa...what is a party duper? A person who sends out invitations to a party that never takes place. Thanks Alexa. I've been to a few of those! Posted by: GSchaeff Date: May 27, 2018 03:02PM That's funny, Changedagain. We always called that a snipe hunt, which
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Something about these 'bodyguards' running next to royalty in a golf cart makes me laugh. It shouldn't, but it does. Reep wrote: JRS had many, many vices and was not a safe person to be around. But, try as I might, I just cannot picture him in a golf cart with guards running along beside. In a van being driven by a bodyguard, drink in hand and surrounded by adoring servants, y
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Reepicheep Wrote: > Can't stand the sight of golf carts to this day! > Let alone golf carts with security guards running > alongside of the chosen ones inside. So silly--cult leaders desperate to appear important.
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True Lilith wrote: Yeah, we should explain ourselves. The heads of the cult required very, very, very special treatment. It was annoying in the extreme especially when they were always banging on about the ground being level at the foot of the cross. Not from where we were sitting!
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Thank you for being supportive, Lilith. Not enough people seem to have a revelation of how important it is that I be treated this way--you know, since I'm at the top of the chain of command. /s Lilith Wrote: > You know darn well that you need 6 bodyguards, a > golf cart, cone parking, a new car, and someone to > make you what must be better than what everyone is > eating
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"You should have been born in August."
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A short convo yesterday: Wife: Will you be going out in public today? Me: It depends Wife: On what? Me: I need six bodyguards and a golf cart. Wife: Oh God, I begged you to get therapy. And now it come to this! Me: I'm fine. Just letting you know what I need. /s
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kBOY defined: Elijah/Elisha relationship = a training/shepherding relationship, one-sided with the Elijah being completely in charge of the Elisha O.K.--years ago I spotted a bumper sticker on a car in the church parking lot that made no sense. Now it does. ('It Sucks to be Elisha'). /s
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Minister: The poor you have with you always. Congregant: Are you talking about those who work for free or below minimum wage on your homes and church facilities? Minister: What did you say? Congregant: Nothing. I was just speaking my mind. It will never happen again. #Oneness #FamilySpirit
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Oops--here's the correct link:
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"I would watch people who couldn't even eat come to the service. And then I would watch Gary roll in with his Rolex and and somebody chauffeuring his ass. People were starving--just so they could pay their tithes on Sunday. That's crap." -Frank (paraphrased) Reepicheep Wrote: > I'm so glad that you mentioned the new YouTube > video by @thewalkdoc. >
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A few posts from Nov.--Dec., 2018: Posted by: NavyVet79 Date: November 14, 2018 09:42PM Yeah, from the get-go it was a bit of a set up. Marilyn? I wonder if she even realized it or if she honestly believed that she was doing something noble? Kind of makes me wonder what these complicit "men of God" are expecting once they meet their real God? But as one of you all pointed out, t
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I can't overstate how important communication skills are in making things happen. Because this request was perfectly phrased, I checked my inbox right away. Otherwise, I probably would have waited 6-8 months or so, like a LW shepherd. Posted by: Walked Date: November 19, 2018 01:28AM @changedagain-- check PM-- there's some sh*t in your inbox!!! :)
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True
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