Psalms 82:4 Rescue the poor and needy: Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.
Experiencing Healing from Painful Spiritual Abuse
When religion becomes a means to avoid or control life, it becomes toxic. Those who possess a toxic faith have stepped across the line from a balanced perspective of God to an unbalanced faith in a weak, powerless or uncaring God. They seek a God to fix every mess, prevent every hurt, and mend every conflict.
In a breakthrough book first published in 1991, the authors address the dynamics in churches that can ensnare people in legalism, guilt, and begrudging service, keeping them from the grace and joy of God’s kingdom.
This is a good article why Spiritual NARCs almost always slip into infidelity (i.e., Spiritual Adultery).
So many of us become involved with narcissistic people who, when they feel threatened by infidelity, become inflamed, jealous, and act in all kinds of troublesome, even dangerous, ways… or fearing loss, may perform a variety of contortions to try to save the relationship.
‘… Where can you get a deck of trump cards? Many people get them from cults. All cults issue decks to their supporters. That’s a cult’s appeal. It’s why people are willing to be brainwashed.
They think they’re joining the cult because they’ve found truth. They think the cult’s lifestyle and prejudices are justified. They never notice that the trump cards in their hands are the same trump cards played by all other cults, even the cults that they hate most. …’
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