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Editor A. Canales of the The Critical Review in El Paso, TX 79903 USA says: This work is a timely and needed book. Focusing in on abuse within the church as well as shepherding groups, sects, cells, and cults, the author presents one of the most lucid exposés of authoritarianism. ...
...Mainstream churches are not immune to an authoritarian pastor either. Mary A. Chrnalogar has spent nearly two decades dealing with this kind of abuse. She does an excellent job of explaining false discipleship and what it is...
...An important chapter is the fifth, "The Language of Enslavement" and here the emotive vocabulary used by controllers and manipulators is presented...
...Her "Control in Black in White" chapter is one of the best ones, which exposes various fallacies and displays mind-influencing techniques....
...While reading all the negative that does exist, it's not all hopeless. There is a way to freedom and that is the reason for this book....
Dr. Paul Martin founder of Wellspring Retreat for the Spiritually Abused says, "This is by far one of the best books on the subject. Twisted Scriptures can be a very valuable resource and self-help guide. Few books compare to this fine resource."" --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Ø >>I read "Toxic Faith" about 5 years ago and it helped me to realize that my family and I were in an abusive system. Although the book touched on manipulation of scripture, Mary Alice Chrnalogar's book, "Twisted Scriptures" has really given me new life. The scriptures that used to haunt me no longer do because they are no longer twisted. So much made sense to me. Obeying, sacrificing, not touching God's anointed all now have new meaning because Mary places them in correct context. I pray that someday I will be given the opportunity to teach from this book.
.....read the book... you will never, never be the same.
Three month later I was desperate to find out more about what she had written because it seemed that she was following me around the last 7 years. She basically had a part of my lifes story!
She had completed the manuscript, but had no time to complete the website summaries because this book was going to the press.
I managed to get the manuscript because of the dire pain my family was going through by the abuse from a Word of Faith church that we attended. The church wanted to control our family. They did not respect a personal decision that my family had made and wanted to control us. The pastor finally gave us an ultimatum - "change your personal decision or get out of this church! I'm tired of people not listening to what I tell them to do!"
Wow! I was shocked, but why should I have been? After getting the book, I read it 4 times more! This was my story and other peoples stories as well!
As I looked back, I started to look back of 7 years of false doctrine presented by twisting scriptures in order to extract money from the people and slowly you started to notice that the pastor had the best car, the best suits, the biggest house and worst of all was the flaunting arrogance as he stood at the pulpit holding his lapel and stating - "one day God will supply you with a suit like mine!"
It was unbelievable! God never provided him with that suit!
When exerts of the book was presented to a deacon at that church, the comment was, "80% of the material in this book represents our church"!
Great news! I was not dreaming, but that was not all! We somehow became a threat to the church and there were some who dared to report to us that for 6 months the pastor subtly continued to twist scriptures in order to isolate the church friends from us.
The deception or fear instilled in the flock was unbelievable. Mary Alice touches the essence of this fear in h! er book.
Once you go through the checklists and you realize that this book is about you and you step out and take a serious look at the control that occurred, then it is guaranteed that you won't look at that church again in the same light and a great weight will be lifted off of your shoulder.
Mike
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