Info Links on Two-by-Two-ism - Spiritual Abuse Links

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TWO-by-TWO INFORMATION

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Click (HERE) to see the hymn on the left in the Gallery, "Tell Me The Story of Jesus " written by Fanny J. Crosby in the late 1800's, as it appears in a Baptist Hymnal, and then, on the right side, view the changes to Fanny's hymn made by the workers to fit their agenda. 

Here are comments from "GRAY" regarding the changes the workers made to Fanny's song:

And notice your Baptist hymnal gives proper credits to the author of that hymn, while the Workers' gave NONE whatsoever - the Workers plagiarize at will AND reword at will as if the hymns were written by them! And the publisher, R.J.Alan & Son has printed the plagiarisms for the Workers almost from day one of 2x2ism -- so the publisher AND the Workers display rather LOOSE moral character when it comes to copyright -- of course, Fanny J. Crosby is not here to charge any of them, and who knows who presently owns her copyrights? So evidently, unless such a copyright owner sees the plagiarism in the 2x2 hymnal and decides to prosecute both publisher and the Workers, they are SAFE from everyone save God for their theft, are they not. And that last line when you realize these things is hypocrisy in high order indeed. But what's new about that in the Workers' camp? There are MANY similar cases of the same thing in every 2x2 hymnal right back to "The Go Preachers Hymn Book."

Is it ANY wonder that the Workers discourage their followers from attending other churches? First of all, other churches teach the Biblical gospel just as the apostle Paul did, and secondly the Workers think nothing of stealing hymns, (both of which could be EASILY noticed by any 2x2 who attends another church) and thirdly the Workers ......

ADMIN NOTE:

Click Here to See PICTURE of those who changed hymns - April 6, 1985 - LAKEWOOD, CA

Click Here to See NAMES of those who changed hymns and Eldon Tenniswood handwritten note - April 6, 1985 - LAKEWOOD, CA

Click Here to view Concordance for Hymns Old and New

Click Here to view PAGE ONE -  R.L. Allan 1987 Hymn Order Form

Click Here to view PAGE TWO - R.L. Allan 1987 Hymn Order Form

From New Zealand....

A Review of Hymns Old and New

Worker Contradictions Versus the Bible by J.M.


Here are some Comments, Quotes and Verses to Contemplate....

........LINKS IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW:

"It's amazing that people will fight for the right to wear chains".

By Don Francisco

Goethe taught that we are never deceived but that we deceive ourselves. It is true that religious hucksters are believed because people want to believe them. People want the claims to be true.

One of Martin Luther’s favorite sayings was “mundus vult decipi” — the world wants to be deceived.

Perilous Spiritualities

Once a person has invested blood, sweat, tears and money into religious deception, he may be too embarrassed or too stubborn to admit he has been taken. Our hearts are where our treasure has gone. Our vested interest helps us keep the blinders on. We often only “see” what we want to see.

The Bible presents a complex picture in regard to deception and assures us that God holds both the deceiver and the deceived accountable.”

Here is another Martin Luther quote:

"It is the nature of all hypocrites and false prophets to create a conscience where there is none, and to cause conscience to disappear where it does exist."


Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. 


"If you are influenced by the opinions of others,
you will have no desire of your own."
From "Think and Grow Rich"
~ ~ ~Napoleon Hill

(A bishop who sought to defend the faith against false teachings)  warned his church and explained that:

HERESY

is often "craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced  (ridiculous as the expression may seem) more true than the truth itself." 


...Nobody joins a cult. You join a self-help group.......... a religious movement a political organization.

They change so gradually, by the time you realize you're entrapped - and almost everybody does - you can't figure a safe way back out.........................

- Deborah Layton, Survivor of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple 


"Woe unto them who call evil, good, and good, evil" [Isaiah 5:20]

Spiritual abuse occurs when someone in a position of spiritual authority, the purpose of which is to ‘come underneath’ and serve, build, equip and make God’s people MORE free, misuses that authority placing themselves over God’s people to control, coerce or manipulate them for seemingly Godly purposes which are really their own.

-Jeff VanVonderen-

Are you ready to begin walking in God's Truth rather than stumbling over the lies?

EGO = Edging God Out


LINKS FOR YOUR PERUSAL:

Two-by-Two Child Sexual Abuse Index Page

Pedophile List



Here is the link below to a GOOGLE scan that allows you to browse through around 30% of the pages of "A Search for the Truth" by Lloyd Fortt. To all RESEARCHERS, this scan of Mr. Fortt's book affords you the ease of quoting from the book in context without having to buy it or find a library that has a copy.

A Search for the Truth


The Lynden Bible Lectures


SIDE by SIDE - Worker Contradictions

Worker Contradictions Versus the Bible by J.M.


Two-by-Two Terminology


Workers Playing on Your Emotions with "Scare Tactics"


Friends and Workers by Daniel Durston


Spiritual Fraud


Comments from EX-Two-by-Two's


Eldon Tenniswood - 1906 - Early Days in Michigan


Breaking the Chains


Comparing the One True Churches


A Public, Open Letter to Hilda Hansen and All 2x2 Preachers by Dennis Jacobsen


Introducing the Founders of the So-Called "ONE TRUE" Churches


A Short History Timeline for "the Truth"


A CRITIQUE of the way of the 'two by two' preachers


Cephas Files


Cooneyite Slides


The Alberta Excommunication Tapes


Preach the Word


1954 Exit Letter


Apologetics Index


Two by Two's or 2x2's


MM Outreach


F.A.C.T.net


Workers, Friends, Conventions and Meetings in the Home


The Puritan Board


Rick Ross Institute


The Hidden Truth


William E. Paul


The Workers


Examining Excommunication


The Nameless House Church


Worker Quotes


The Lying Truth


Telling the Truth


RIS


Edgar Massey’s Website - Including events in Norway


Cult Awareness and Information Centre


Worker Quotes


Who Are the Two-by-Two's - Distinguishing Characteristics


George Walker's Statement to the U.S. Government in 1942


The Church With No Name


Overview: The Church With No Name


Facts You Should Know About the Christian Convention Church


The Cooneyites


General Information


Two-By-Two Page From an Italian Website    Translation Website


Account of The Early Days As Given By Goodhand Pattison


Bible-Based Cults & Isms - Cooneyites - Two-by-Two’s - Workers


Religious Tolerance.org - The Church With No Name


German 2x2 Related Site  This website is from Switzerland in German Language.


German Website


My Personal Christian Testimony + My Life With the Two-by-Two’s


Religion Analysis Service, Inc.


Pillar of Truth


Diary of a POW - Herman Beaber


Friends of Truth


Workers, Friends, Conventions


Vaudois Christians


The Faith Mission


The Professing Reference Site


Hidden History or Hidden Agenda - The Real Story


James 3:1 "Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers,

because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly."

 Life is ShortPsalms 90:9
Death is Sure
Romans 6:23
Sin the Curse
Romans 3:23
Christ the Cure
John 1:29
Mr. Irvine Grey Needs Your Help

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OTHER LINKS FOR YOUR PERUSAL AND EDUCATION:

The Insideous Harm of Spiritual Abuse


Provender   False Doctrine


An Exposure of Perilous 'Spiritualities'


Heaven How do I Become a Christian?


Repentance Charles Stanley Videos


The Story of Jesus  Faith Facts


Aberrant Christian Theology Test


Are You Going to Heaven or Hell?


Can You Be Deceived?


Articles on False Teachers


The Anchor of the Soul


The Transformation of America


First Aid for Legalists


Legalism


Getting the Peace to Fit by David Jeremiah


The Reality of Hell

Hell's Best Kept Secret

The Dark Room of Sin Study Book


Spiritual Abuse


If Your god is Not God, Fire him


Counterfeit Christianity


I'm Listening?


Former Christian Scientist Personal Stories


Scripture Meditation


They Told Me That If I Left...........


Are You Good Enough to Get Into Heaven?


The Worry Test by David Jeremiah


Prophecy and the Jewish Feasts


Spiritual Abuse Signs


Is Your Church a Safe Place?


Thugs in the Pulpit


Danger Ahead


The Silent Killer


Are You the Victim of Mind Control?


Manipulation


Authoritarianism


Warning Signs


Jack Chick Tracts


The Truth - Vertigo


Michael Jackson's "REAL" Cause of Death


We Will See "HIM!"


Exercising Discernment is a Command


Life Challenges


Characteristics of Unhealthy, Abusive and Cultic Church Environments


Uncovering and Facing Spiritual Abuse


Battered Sheep Articles


Questions To Help Identify Specific Areas of Spiritual Abuse, Deception, and Fraud


Voices From the Fringe


Eight Distinctives Of An Aberrational Christian or Bible-based Group


Aberrant Christianity - What Is It?


Abusive Churches This version is easier to read: Abusive Churches


Spiritual Abuse


Narcissism in the Pulpit Hard to read - Copy and pasting into a Word document, HELPS!!!


Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People Scroll down to article.


Defining Spiritual Abuse  Scroll down to read some good articles.


Clare's Blog on Spiritual Abuse


If Your god is Not God, Fire Him


Breaking Free:What I’ve Learned About Spiritual Abuse


Spiritual Abuse in the Pulpit and the Pew


When Religion Goes Bad: Part 1

When Religion Goes Bad: Part 2 — Religious Addiction

When Religion Goes Bad: Part 3 — Religious Codependency


Spiritual Brokenness in Recovery


Seeing God in New Ways: Recovery from Distorted Images of God


The Insidious Harm of Spiritual Abuse


Spiritual Abuse Recovery Articles


Common Characteristics of How Cults Operate


Defiance! – Pt 13 – Profiling the persecutor – Exhibit B: "The Con Artist"

Con artists share these traits:

  • tend to be excellent conversationalists
  • exploit our human weaknesses like greed, dishonesty, vanity, compassion or just a naïve expectation of good faith
  • are psychopaths with antisocial personality disorder, or ASP, that begins in early childhood or adolescence.
  • are often witty and articulate. When they get to the pulpits, they can be very effective in presenting themselves well and are often very likable and charming, but in relationships they are very controlling, self-serving, and irresponsible.
  • look good on the outside, but an ulterior motive lurks on the inside.
  • see themselves as victims rather than those they hurt.
  • claim a special anointing. They believe they are special and entitled to special behavior; rules that apply to others do not apply to them.
  • display their own brand of logic and an excuse for everything.
  • appear to be very giving, but there is always a price to pay for their attention.
  • can apologize easily, but there is no sign of true repentance.
  • don't feel love or guilt; tend to minimize the pain of those they have hurt.
  • discredit their accusers when they are confronted.
  • cope by making themselves the hero in the worst situations.
  • are clever, and often able to keep from being caught.
  • have extreme shifts in personality, may be kind and sarcastic in the same instant.
  • are very needy, and blame others for not being able to meet their needs.

The purpose of this article is to learn the modus operandi of the con artists in our churches, then to resort to stay very far away from them, avoid them at all costs.

Here are some disturbing patterns that believers will also do good to watch for:

  • Con artists, in the clergy, play with our inner beliefs or ignorance.
  • Con artist pastors focus on mind control. They want to create “dumb sheep”. They specialize in teaching people what to think. They condemn, ridicule, or get rid of those who have an “independent spirit”. They label or use character assassination on those who refuse to go along.
  • Con artists pastors don’t operate alone, they hide behind “shills” or “co-conspirators”. They usually find someone that the members know and respect for his/her integrity to give their message a high level of credibility. By so doing, the credibility of the speaker will dispel any hidden agenda.
  • Con artists pastors ask for trust just because “I am the pastor”. They just adore their titles of “pastors”. Jesus said about them: “They love to be greeted in the marketplaces and to have people call them Rabbi (Mat 23:7). Most church goers will not question the credibility of a “mfundisi” or pastor.
  • Con artists pastors tend to ignore the evidence by simply discarding the truth as “a devil scheme”.
  • Con artists pastors create a problem, and then pursue (refuse?) to offer a solution. By so doing, chaos, confusion, grief, misery and all the related negative emotions, conditions and circumstances are at play to manipulate people to make choices that under other circumstances they would never consider.
  • Con artists pastors use guilt projection and condemnation to induce “spiritual conversion”.
  • Con artists pastors set up a secret language. They use “hinting” to manipulate people into giving them their resources; they give ambiguous orders so that if anything backfires they could safely deny it, then reject the responsibility and the blame on some one else.
  • Con artists pastors are easily offended. When they are caught in an unethical action, they often feign offence, or become dramatic. This tactic will often put the accuser on the defensive and derail the confrontation.
  • Con artists pastors are capable of the unthinkable to muzzle the truth.“But evil people and phony preachers will go from bad to worse as they mislead people and are themselves misled.” [2 Timothy 3:13]

When a believer finally discovers that he/she has been victim of a con artist pastor, guilt and shame ensue. But anyone can be a victim, even a person who is considered too intelligent or too spiritual can be conned.

There is a simple way to prevent self from being a victim: “Ask questions, ask the “pastor” to show you his claims in the scripture, then get another opinion and/or search for yourself.”

Any good pastor will welcome reasonable questions or bona fide fact finding, and will not urge anyone to take a quick decision.

Con artist pastors just hate confrontation; they will get rid of you as soon as you become too inquisitive. If you have fallen prey to a con artist pastor, don’t let the guilt and the shame overpower you. Rather run to the cross, plead the blood of Christ, repent and receive His grace, forgive the persecutor to kill any root of bitterness, revoke and cancel any allegiance you pledge with the persecutor and then cast out the devil and his hosts in the name of Jesus Christ.

It might also be useful to seek counseling and deliverance from a reputable ministry or therapist.

The con artists in the clergy are usually "too smart by half." Eventually, their lies catch up with them. They are forced to cover lies with more lies. When it gets to be too much to believe, others begin to feel betrayed, or used.“Make no mistake about this: You can never make a fool out of God. Whatever you plant is what you'll harvest.” [Galatians 6:7]


The Loneliness of the Christian