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The shunning is necessary to prevent any contrary view from being considered. It also serves man's pride by publicly demonstrating what we are willing to sacrifice for God, and thereby bind the shunners closer to the leadership. Shunning family Is the blood sacrifice of modern cults.\r
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Dear Looking for a church,\r
Those who were long term members and left LCLC invested a huge amount of time, money, energy, and children in the hope LCLC was a dynamic NT church. It is a family business. I wish these reviews were exaggerated. They are not. Your decision to look elsewhere is a wise one.\r
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Dear Thank Y. Did I know you? We left LCLC in ""97. I know how good and decent so many of the folks are. Our family was very active for the 12 years we were there. Waking up to the abuse was a painful process, and it appears it have gotten worse. I am praying Jesus covers you with His love, as you seek His wisdom.\r
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Hi All! Identifying conditions where the blood of Jesus is not efficacious is essential to keep believers locked in legalism. By removing the believer beyond the reach of grace (blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, crucifying Christ anew, et al), while simultaneously asserting the Presence and leading of the Holy Spirit through leadership, LCLC insulates itself from criticism and keeps the members in a state of fear of ""losing their place in the Kingdom"". Strip away the religious veneer, and this is predictable demagoguery.\r
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Hi Guys! I have been trying to sort this shunning out. Norman and Becky are spiritual parents to so many who they have designated as ""not of us"" or ""reprobate"" or ""having crucified Christ again, and beyond repentance"", Setting aside the Mom and Dad thing, (the terms we were privileged to call them if we were inner circle), Norman preaches the importance of ""what"" we are born into when we are born again. Great emphasis is placed on the church being the family of God, the Pastor, the spiritual father.\r
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I am appalled at the parents shunning their children who have departed LCLC, but with Norman and Becky setting the pattern of the good parents, it is predictable. Their brutality to their spiritual children is imitated by those with natural children: unquestioning obedience, while in; ceasing to exist, if they leave.\r
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II we ""lose"" our children, we shun them as we have been taught by the example Norman and Becky set who shun their ""spiritual"" children.who left, or were canned. (Nepotism answers questions regarding the positions of their own sons)). The parents who sacrifice their children in this way make a metaphorical blood offering to their God. Covenants are confirmed.by the shedding of blood, and the parents are bound closer to LCLC. We have a pattern (apostolic revelation) for us to justify our callousness or assuage our pain, \r
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Love covers a multitude of sins, Leaving LCLC is one sin not covered. Rather, shunning our children is the price for remaining. Crime families, gangs, and cults have similar practices, Churches do not.\r
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It is astounding how incredibly cruel and clueless we can be. Jesus tossed the ball back to us many times by reminding us ""being sinful, yet how do you treat your kids?"" , knowing that our selfless love for our kids was the best metaphor for God's love. How do we get so twisted that we can blithely cut off our children, and justify this idiocy with an appeal to God? Our hearts are clearly susceptible to believing anything! Mercifully, Jesus gave us the antidote: love, the kind we have for our children. \r
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Shunning our children calls into question our understanding of God, the scriptures, our fruit as Christians; our very humanity. I tremble when I consider that God is just.\r
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