{"id":2579,"date":"2012-05-11T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T05:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjhmail.wordpress.com\/?p=2579"},"modified":"2012-05-11T05:00:31","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T05:00:31","slug":"cult-time-again-yawwwwn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/2579\/cult-time-again-yawwwwn\/","title":{"rendered":"“cult” time again. Yawwwwn."},"content":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/spirit-of-a-serpent.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/trials-are-opportunities.html<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

John,<\/span><\/p>\n

Wow, Brother \u2013\u2013 is being blessed with persecution now… I’m a little jealous. \ud83d\ude42 “Blessed are ye when men shall speak evil of you…”<\/span><\/p>\n

I have suffered this pain of “cult-rejection”, and now, 18 years later, I realize more what a blessing I really had<\/span> … I almost wish I could go through it again, and embrace it more, and be more like Jesus. Man it hurt. It hurt BAD. I recall a few times just busting out in tears, and asking God for help.<\/span><\/p>\n

I think the way to really get the most out of it is to take the hurt and not strike back – “The Serpent and the Dove” tract is great for this, and “Trials are Opportunities”.<\/span><\/p>\n

One think I’d like to know about this most recent “cult” claim: Just what is this “cult” that we are a part of demanding that anyone DO<\/span>, other than live right, and obey God, worship Jesus and His Father, and love people? What is it that stirs up such a violent<\/span> reaction from people?<\/span><\/p>\n

Still haven’t figured that out yet. I just know it happens. It must be the light of the truth, shining on someone’s secret sin.<\/span><\/p>\n

Gary<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

http:\/\/www.goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/spirit-of-a-serpent.html http:\/\/www.goingtojesus.com\/site\/php\/trials-are-opportunities.html John, Wow, Brother \u2013\u2013 is being blessed with persecution now… I’m a little jealous. \ud83d\ude42 “Blessed are ye when men shall speak evil of you…” I have suffered this pain of “cult-rejection”, and now, 18 years later, I realize more what a blessing I really had … I almost wish I could go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-netmail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pastorjohnshouse.com\/mailbag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}