With the impending decision from the Board of Directors this week, Caleb (Phil) was moved to write this post which points out the difference between repenting for isolated incidents and repenting of repeated patterns of behavior. Very insightful stuff: When I first moved into a community of growing believers, it wasn’t long before I began to butt […]
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Alumnus Brad Kelly recently sent me his thoughts on the blog, Ron’s email, and Teen Mania and the Honor Academy in general. Its a bit long, but definitely worth a read. Click here to read and then come back and give us your comments. On another note, I’m always open to guest posts. If you feel like
As several commenters have pointed out, Ron Luce’s email is actually a classic case of spiritual abuse for those with eyes to see it. Instead of actually addressing the issues, he casts suspicion and blame on any who would dare question him. Once again, we see the classic “blame the victim” attitude which saturates Teen
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I intended to post my final thoughts on Ron’s email today, but before I get to that, I’d like to share some thoughts with those of you reading this blog who had a great experience at the Honor Academy and who genuinely love Teen Mania. I know that it might be hard for you to
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If you are an Honor Academy alumni, you probably received an email from Ron Luce yesterday in response to an email I sent out to the alumni body. In it, Ron makes some claims about me which portray me as unwilling to dialogue or reconcile. It pains me to say that these are outright lies.
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Ok, so you’ve seen my original email. Now, here is the response Ron Luce sent out today, in case you haven’t seen it. In my next post, I will respond to his claims: Dear Honor Academy Alumni, I wanted to write a note to you in reference to an email that many of you received recently.
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Before I post my response to Ron…here is a look at what his email was responding to. Hi Fellow Alumni, Over the past several years, there have been many Honor Academy alumni that look back at the internship and wonder, “What was that all about?” For the most part, we enjoyed our time at the
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