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#1-How the Teachings of Emotional Purity and Courtship Damage Healthy Relationships:

Darcy shares how the Gothard perspective on male/female relationships leads to shame, pride, dysfunction, and dependence on formulas for success.

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#2-A Response to Bill Gothard:

Recovering Grace publicly responds to a Thanksgiving 2011 letter from Bill Gothard addressed to “All Past and Present ATI Students.”

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#3-Exploited Innocence: Sexual Harassment at HQ:

Lizzie shares her account of how she was sexually harassed by Bill Gothard while working for IBLP in Illinois.

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#4-Forced Family Relationships: 

Betsy writes about how many ATI students were not allowed to develop relationships outside of their families, and how that resulted in stunted emotional and social development.

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#5-A Different Kind of Sexual Abuse:

Kylar shares a very traumatic story of how Bill Gothard’s teachings led his father to sexually abuse him in some rather bizarre ways.

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#6-An Open Letter from Bill Gothard’s First Generation to Basic Seminar Attendees:

An article giving an overview of the problems found in Bill Gothard’s Basic Seminar. Geared towards those attending the seminar for the first time, the article discusses Gothard’s misuse of scripture, anecdotes, and guilt, as well as the missing ingredient of grace.

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#7-My Childhood in ATI:

John writes about how being raised in Gothardism affected his spiritual and psychological development, and how God’s grace brought healing to not only to him, but his entire family.

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#8-Quiverfull or “Full of It?”: 

Ryan shares his personal struggles caused by being raised with the “quiverfull” mindset that having a large family is “God’s best.”

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#9-The Thing About Purity: 

Mary Elizabeth shares a heart-breaking story about how the extreme emphasis on purity in ATI sometimes backfires.

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#10-A Call for Discernment: 

A republication of an 1998 document by the leadership of Calvary Bible Church in Fort Worth, TX, which gives an excellent overview of the fatal theological flaws in Bill Gothard’s system of Christianity.

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#11-A Matter of Basic Principles-A Review: 

John gives a review of Midwest Christian Outreach’s book entitled, A Matter of Basic Principles, an expose on the teachings and ministry of Bill Gothard.

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#12-Failed Protectors: 

Izek shares a gut-wrenching story of the traumatic physical abuse he experienced while growing up in ATI.

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#13-A “New” Approach to Easter: 

Recovering Grace takes a close look at the Biblical fallacies in an email sent from Bill Gothard to his followers on Easter Sunday 2012.

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#14-A Parent’s Perspective – Sixteen Years in Bondage:

A mother shares her perspectives on why their family got into the Advanced Training Institute and how God opened her eyes to the dangers of legalism.

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#15-Mr. Gothard’s Sexual Rules:

David takes a close look at some of Bill Gothard’s more unusual teachings in the area of physical relationships.

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#16-A Difficult Journey: 

Danyel shares her difficult story of dealing with sexual abuse while growing up in the ATI program.

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#17-Circumcision, Blue Jeans, & Cabbage Patch Kids: The Danger of Bill Gothard’s “Jesus+” Theology:

Kevin discusses several of the more bizarre teachings of Bill Gothard, and how adding rules and regulations to the Christian walk is antithetical to the true gospel of grace.

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#18-Once a Child, Always a Child???: 

Joy writes about how the teachings of Gothardism often result in parents who refuse to let their children grow up, and how this happened to her.

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 #19-Tragic Misguidance: Gothard’s View on Mental Health Treatment and the Petit Family Murders :

Joy shares her thoughts on a tragic murder committed by a former ATI student, and shares how Gothard’s teachings on mental illness could have impacted the situation.

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#20-The Formula Problem: Why Duggarizing Your Marriage is Not Recommended:

An article on why taking a formulaic approach to every aspect of life isn’t necessarily a safe or healthy option.

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