The Lambs of Hephzibah House

09/10/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JU1DiTsjzI
More details from Isaac Anderson, the son of NIFB "pastor" Steven Anderson, a man of furious outrage and a really poor understanding of the Bible.

WARNING: Some foul languageWe sat down with Isaac Anderson, Pastor Steven Anderson's son. We discuss his accusations of getting kicked in the head, how he fe...

23/06/2024

Christian Fundamentalists like to use Paul's directive that brother should not take brother to court as a refuge to save themselves from prosecution for their crimes against children. But Paul's directive hangs on his solution: the church elders must hold an open and transparent court. Fundamentalists and Evangelicals have no intention of obeying this directive.

Watch the Fundies Compare Apples and Oranges

19/05/2024

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CMSV15FW/
Free on KU/99 cents. (Add audio with virtual voice purchase for $1.99)

- Schizophrenic Christianity
- The Big Book of Bad Baptist Preachers
- Bitter Root

An epidemic of the s*xual abuse of children is sweeping through churches. And the numbers show that the churches too often protect the s*xual abuser and not the child. Denial and cover-ups are the rule in Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism. Parents and the public need to know how to protect children in churches, and how to effectively and transparently expel s*xual offenders from the ministry.
These books are based on research into clergy abuse cases in Evangelical/Fundamentalist churches. They are driven by analysis of over 100 documented cases.

27/04/2024

There's nothing that Christian Fundamentalists like more than a good, chilling, spine-tingling dose of demons. In spite of the fact that the Bible tells us that Christ has defeated all the powers of this world, that He has equipped His people to occupy in His name, Fundamentalists prefer the version of the story that says that demons are still more powerful than we are, even in Christ, and are to be feared.

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Fundamentalism and the Cooties of Evil

23/04/2024

"She should never seem to know as much as he does (even though she may actually know more) but enough to talk intelligently about his interests and to make him feel that his conversation is falling on receptive ears and an understanding mind. This means that she should learn all she can about everything, especially things that interest men. "
From Pastor Jack Hyles

08/04/2024

https://cbs12.com/news/local/lake-worth-christian-academy-pastor-cancels-autism-week-says-its-demonic?fbclid=IwAR2lMUQKcKOfZE3NGS60SvhetU914MlnrTXlpzxRGRIjMixREc9TpxewzlM_aem_AYgsthEsTxwTVmaW0nOwptBoYddQvKuLHouSsTeT7zYe7kH9KHnjPx4TXU5Gqf_Q6qkJq7Bf3hBS5fI8-WaemYJk

Parents at a private Christian school are wondering why a pastor canceled “Autism Awareness Week.”

27/03/2024

https://open.substack.com/pub/recoveringfundamentalists/p/the-fundamentalist-myths-of-being?r=1rh8dk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Also, new audio release!

18/03/2024

Review of BITTER ROOT from Marbeth Skwarczynski. Thank you, Marbeth, for the review!

https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Root-Atheistic-Practices-Fundamentalism/dp/B0CXHTTC4X

16/03/2024

NOW ON AUDIO

SCHIZOPHRENIC CHRISTIANITY - Run time is 5 hours and 50 minutes. Audio discounted to $8.79. Other deals available on Amazon page. https://www.amazon.com/ITEM_NAME/dp/B0CXJFT9JC/
BITTER ROOT - The atheistic roots of Christian Fundamentalism and its moral bankruptcy. Run time is 3 hours and 15 minutes. Audio discounted to $8.79. Other deals available on Amazon page. https://www.amazon.com/Bitter-Root-Atheistic-Practices-Fundamentalism/dp/B0CXHTTC4X/
THE BIG BOOK OF BAD BAPTIST PREACHERS - 100 cases of abusive clergy, covered up. Run time is 5 hours and 59 minutes. Audio discounted to $8.79. Other deals available on Amazon page. https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Bad-Baptist-Preachers/dp/B0CY11B2VF/

11/03/2024

Self-Centered Religion Fashions a Self-Centered God:
(More on the self centeredness of Evangelicalism)

American Evangelicals and Fundamentalists are often about “a relationship” with God, which, as one critic has observed, is a step better than being unconcerned with God. But relationship-based religion has got some problems.

First, if my religion is based on me having a great relationship with God, then if I don’t have a great relationship with Him, God has failed. If I have tried everything, offered everything (including my hours playing on the XBox) as praise to Him, tried to see every single trouble from the coffee not brewing properly to the toilet backing up as God taking action in my life to develop my relationship with Him, then when I get frustrated, mystified, and pissed-off, it’s God’s fault.

American Christanity talks a lot about "being broken" by God. You'll have a hard time finding the Bible speaking this way about believers. Christ was broken for us.

To get around that attitude about God, relationship seekers have formulated their own code, thanks in great part to the likes of Tozer and Murray, in which they talk about God breaking us, shattering us, maiming us, clobbering us, spitting on us, kicking us down the steps, letting the air out of our tires, and so on. Does this sound like blasphemy to you? Well yes, it is blasphemy. It’s definitely blasphemy. Any religion founded on the idea that God breaks us and shatters us for as long as He likes, while in addition He sends all of life’s littler vexations to drive us batty as we crawl blindly after Him, wondering what He wants us to do to fix the relationship, until He has reduced us to jelly in order to scoop us up and inject us into the mold that He chooses is blasphemous. It’s also imbecilic. It’s horrible, and it’s repulsive. And, way down deep at it’s heart, it makes man the center of the religion.

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American Evangelicals and Fundamentalists are often about “a relationship” with God, which, as one critic has observed, is a step better than being unconcerned with God. But relationship-based religion has got some problems.

10/03/2024

NOW ON AUDIO

https://www.amazon.com/ITEM_NAME/dp/B0CXJFT9JC/

I'm happy to announce that SCHIZOPHRENIC CHRISTIANITY is now available on audio through both Amazon and Audible. The run time is 5 hours and 50 minutes. The normal list price is $10.99, and Amazon has discounted it to $8.79. They also have some sort of trial offer for their monthly listening service, which (if you are interested) you can read about on the Amazon page. But it gives you some freebies.

Also, please don't miss Marbeth Skwarczynski's review of the same book on her blog, posted this week. Her overview will inform you of the scope of the book, which is based on 13 years of research into the clergy s*x abuse and cover ups in Christian Fundamentalism, a look at how the big machine of secrets operates and how it deceives and ensnares people. https://thelitlady733988438.wordpress.com/2024/03/09/womens-words/

Now updated with more cases and more insights into the scandals of prominent Fundamental Baptist churches and schools, SCHIZOPHRENIC CHRISTIANITY shows that child molesting is embedded into the culture Christian Fundamentalism. Using case study after case study of Independent Fundamental Baptist ...

02/03/2024

https://open.substack.com/pub/recoveringfundamentalists/p/a-quick-race-through-the-history?r=1rh8dk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Applies to the Fundamentalists who self-identify as Fundamentalists (Winona Lake and Associated conferences)