The Journal of a Journey
Tomorrow is Easter, when we celebrate Jesus rising from the dead. What a wonderful Savior! I think sometimes we fail to grasp the incredible significance of Jesus’ resurrection. Without Him raising back to life, we would still be sinners. His Read More …
I am an ATI kid. For years, I thought that I had gotten a superior education through Bill Gothard’s Advanced Training Institute (ATI) homeschool program. I thought that I had learned a better way of life. To be honest, I Read More …
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might remember that I stated that Bill Gothard’s teachings messed up my ability to think logically. But how in the world? My dad just published an article that explains how Read More …
In my last post, I wrote that Bill Gothard’s teaching had impaired my ability to think logically. My dad came across an article entitled “Learning to Think, Learning to Learn: What The Science Of Thinking And Learning Has To Offer Read More …
Over the past year, my life has been undergone a radical shakeup. It started about a year ago when my dad came across Recovering Grace and discovered that Bill Gothard was sexually harassing young women. It continued through the winter Read More …
Recently, God delivered me from the bondage of following feelings. For many years, I have had feelings: “Do this.” “Do that.” “Don’t do that.” I believed that it was God’s promptings in my heart. However, sometimes I would have feelings Read More …
Yesterday, Recovering Grace posted a letter from Dr. Samuel Schultz, a member of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) Board who had worked with the Institute since the 60’s. Schultz read the letter at a board meeting in 1980, Read More …
I was raised in a cult. My parents didn’t know it, and I didn’t either. We thought we had found a wonderful homeschooling program called Advanced Training Institute (ATI). I started my studies under ATI in 1994 at the tender Read More …
It wasn’t too many years ago that I would have been shocked by the title of this article. I was one of those caught up in this sin. I had an article online that taught that it was a sin Read More …
Titus 1:12-14 One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. 13 This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; 14 Not Read More …