Recovering Alumni

The Myth of Matthew 18 Confrontation

One of the greatest objections to this blog is that I am not following the Bible’s prescription for confrontation as laid out in Matthew 18:5. “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone…” To address this important issue, I’d like to quote an extended passage from

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Friday Links

For your weekend reading pleasure, here are some words of truth I’ve enjoyed this week: 1) “Our fundamental lack, is the lack of seeing the love of God” 2) “How could God love me when I doing nothing for Him?” If you don’t sense God’s love and acceptance when you do nothing . . .

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Grace for Spiritual Abusers

  As I’ve mentioned here before, I like to believe that Dave Hasz and the rest of the Honor Academy staff have good intentions. Unfortunately, their sincerity does not negate the damage they have done. The book Soul Repair has this to say about spiritual abusers: Spiritual abusers usually are not conscious of what they

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Why Recovery is So Hard

I recently came across this great interview with Jeff VanVonderen, author of “The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse.” Towards the end of the interview, he discusses the recovery process. I’ve found this example to be very true in my life. This especially applies to those who have experienced rejection or disapproval from the HA staff

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My Story

While I’ve discussed specific incidents, I have never given an overview of my own story and why I left. I’ve been asked why I stayed a 2nd year if the Honor Academy was so terrible. Hopefully, this will answer that question. Though raised in a Christian home, I got saved at an ATF at 15

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