The Painful Truth-Herbert W. Armstrong's Worldwide Church of God
Understanding the psychology of religious seduction and spiritual abuse.
To be free, in the sense I had discovered freedom, I could no longer “renounce” myself. Every decision had to be mine, along with the responsibility and outcome of that decision, and I had to accept that responsibility for myself….
Blast from the past…
Michael stood alone in the middle of the foyer of the Seattle Masonic Hall, people swirling around and past him without interacting with him, a solitary island in the midst of a sea of people. I noticed he was new and that apparently, no one was interested in getting to know him. It made me feel sad. I went over and introduced myself to him and began learning about him. Over the next few weeks and months, I had him over to dinner with my family several times and we even went and worked out together at the gym. I learned about this āgood guyā and he had a lot of depth that most people would not expect.
He practiced what he preached ā then he died of coronavirus.
An evangelical pastor died of COVID-19 just weeks after proudly showing off how packed his Virginia church was ā and vowing to keep preaching āunless Iām in jail or the hospital.ā
In hisĀ last known in-person serviceĀ on March 22, Bishop Gerald O. Glenn got his congregation at Richmondās New Deliverance Evangelistic Church to stand to prove how many were there despite warnings against gatherings of more than 10 people.