143: Is Your Church Leading You Astray?
Title: Is Your Church Leading You Astray?
Main Points From the Show
People want to feed their need for friendship and belonging. Sometimes it can be found in places that don’t align with God’s plan or his church.
Not all is as it seems.
If we are being told we can’t question something in the church, that isn’t from the Lord.
Things to look for:
- The leadership focuses soon a few Scriptures, not the whole Bible. The people are guided to which parts to read.
- The congregation is isolated from information.
- People are discouraged from associating with non-members.
- There are lot of made made rules to follow (ie in this church, members were told it was an unforgivable sin to go to the doctor, members were not allowed to marry outside the church).
Quotes from the Show
“When you are born into a church, you don’t know whether it’s right or wrong.” Nicole Hauff
“If someone we love has gone astray, we don’t cut them off, we bring them in.” Vona Johnson
“It was a process because you have to undo so much and you have to learn about God from a different perspective. Not the rule perspective. Not the mean perspective. But the loving, kind, forgiving [perspective].” Nicole Hauff
“It is difficult to recover from [being in a cult], but not impossible.” Nicole Hauff
Verses Referenced
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:10
I know that you can do all things: no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:2
Resources
Find Nicole @ https://coach.everydayarchitect.net
Facebook.com/nicole.y.hauff
