House Church Talk - spiritual abuse

[DanG]

Rick Johnson wrote:
> The group I am working with in Knoxville do not read the Bible on orders
> from their "shepherd."   It seems that reading the Bible without his
> guidance is how Satan confuses the members of his little congregation.
> When I try to open dialog, it is met with the bleating of panicked sheep
> as they run back to their wolf.   It is very sad.
> 
> RJ

WOW!!! - that is really sad.
More caustic comments could be said, but overall, that is really sad,
really, really sad.  Dumb may be a word to use as you did in your
opening paragraph, but perhaps a better word would be a word that
would indicate that they are not part of the flock.
DanG ChicagoArea