Paul's Passing Thoughts

“The problem is not James MacDonald’s behavior; the problem is what he believes. What he believes has brought Harvest Bible Chapel to this point.”

I was originally motivated to report on the Harvest Bible Chapel controversy for the following reason: my frustration over the constant use of bogus “church discipline” by New Calvinists to silence detractors. The primary blog leading the way in exposing the tyranny of James MacDonald is The Elephants Debt .com. Without a doubt, it is one of the best, if not the best, organized and written blogs on the internet.

So: why this white paper? Because overall, the anti-spiritual tyranny/abuse movement is still characterized by the following key elements:

1. A primary focus on behavior.

2. A void in understanding that ideology drives behavior.

3. A void in understanding how these ideologies lead to theological error.

4. A void in understanding what that theological error is.

5. Hope is placed in the offenders repenting of their behavior apart from repentance of doctrinal error and theological error.

6. Hope is placed in those who share the same ideology, but not the behavior; it is hoped they will influence culprits to repent of mere behavior.

7. Hope is placed in institutions.

8. No prevention mandate to break the cycle of abuse.

9. No alternatives prescribed moving forward other than hope of people repenting of behavior rather than what they believe.

The problem is not James MacDonald’s behavior; the problem is what he believes. What he believes has brought Harvest Bible Chapel to this point. This series will expose his ideology, his theology, and suggest alternatives for prevention and ministry moving forward.

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