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Seen "Shiny Happy People?"
May 31, 2023 // 254 Comments -
Their Day in Court: Part Three
February 22, 2019 // 167 Comments -
Their Day in Court: Part Two
February 22, 2019 // 0 Comments -
Their Day in Court: Part One
February 22, 2019 // 1 Comment -
Statement from Recovering Grace regarding the lawsuit a ...
March 28, 2018 // 188 Comments -
Rethinking the Nativity
December 25, 2016 // 145 Comments -
Bill Gothard’s Powerless Gospel
March 2, 2016 // 259 Comments -
Plaintiffs Amend Lawsuit Against IBLP, Also Sue Bill Go ...
January 10, 2016 // 1311 Comments -
An ATI Education, Final Chapter: Guilty Silence
January 4, 2016 // 168 Comments -
Introducing our IBYC/IBLP Facebook Recovery Group
December 31, 2015 // 24 Comments
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Plaintiffs Amend Lawsuit Against IBLP, Also Sue Bill Go ...
January 10, 2016 // 1311 Comments -
Charlotte's Story
February 5, 2014 // 609 Comments -
Bill’s Cabin: Uncovering Sin
May 21, 2014 // 477 Comments -
Sacred Grooming, Part Six: A Secretary's Account of Lif ...
January 31, 2014 // 406 Comments -
Trapped in the Shadow of 'God's Anointed': Breaking fre ...
May 5, 2014 // 379 Comments -
Our Response to Bill Gothard’s Statement
April 22, 2014 // 359 Comments -
A Call to Repentance
June 6, 2013 // 353 Comments -
Bill Gothard Issues Public Statement
April 17, 2014 // 341 Comments -
The Agent of Satan
June 4, 2014 // 337 Comments -
Confident Statements Do Not a Solid Argument Make
November 6, 2014 // 330 Comments
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Garlock and Woetzel's books aren't out of print. N ...
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All of this is case in point, Kevin. Bill and t ...
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JM said: "Well that can't be the case at all. D ...
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JM, all you have offered here is two IFB preacher ...
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Well that can't be the case at all. Dr. Cornish's ...
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Bill Gothard never studied music. Bill Gothard nev ...
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I am very sorry about your husband. It is totally ...
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Thank you for sharing your story Charlotte. It too ...
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Thank you for sharing your story Charlotte. It too ...
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Thank you all. Everyone that has read my story &am ...
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JM, you write: "The only point I can take issue ...
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I enjoyed reading this. I honestly did. Picking ap ...
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Is it really, Rob? Really? Is it okay to misrepres ...
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Yes, I am aware Vlad Dracula is a national hero in ...
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It's interesting that we think of the Impaler that ...
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Well, the real Count Dracula of Transylvania was V ...
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It was unsettling to me that you didn't seem to un ...
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Dracula wouldn't be something I would have used to ...
By rob war, March 13, 2024
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Parents in a Potemkin Village: Six Weeks in the Moscow Training Center
We entered the Advanced Training Institute (ATI) homeschool program when I was fifteen, and not much about my life changed. Our family attended functions here and there and added the Wisdom Booklets to our home school curriculum, but the more unique ATI teachings did not have much effect on us. Before we joined ATI we […]
Dear Grace: Overbearing Parents
Dear Grace, I am 26 years old with a good head on my shoulders, and am currently in a courtship with a 29-year-old man who has a solid career, is in church leadership, and loves the Lord and me. I’ve always been obedient to my parents and done whatever they’ve told me in the area […]
The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, Chapter 17: How to Escape a Spiritual Trap
The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, Chapter 17: How to Escape a Spiritual Trap We continue our Thursday series blogging through “The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse.” The first post in the series is here. What makes a good trap? A trap has to be easy to get into and hard to get out of, […]
As the Pendulum Swings
When I look back at my parents’ decision to join the Advanced Training Institute (ATI), I think I can understand many of the reasons behind their choice. They first encountered Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) when their friends attended the Basic Seminar in the 1970s. A few years later, my […]