Jeff Little and Inner Vows

When we went to Victory Weekends, we were always warned about "inner vows" and reminded to negate these spiritually. An inner vow would be any promise you made to yourself like "I will never do this" or "I will always do that."

As I contemplate what the heck happened to Jeff Little to make him such an unloving man when it comes to preserving "his church," I remembered something. Jeff used to pastor a little church in Abbott, Texas. We heard the story many times from the pulpit. Something bad happened there. The congregation, elder board, or some combination of the two must have forced him out.

I heard him say, at least once, that Milestone Church's leadership was set up the way it was so that nobody could do to Jeff what was done in Abbot. "Nobody is ever going to push me out of my own church," he said, or something to that affect.

As Derrick Wilson noted, hurting people hurt people. It's true. Jeff and Brandy were hurt by a church in Abbot and he made an "inner vow" to never let that happen again. He was going to be the master of his own ship. He would not subject himself to anyone who might threaten to take away what he had built.

So, once again, we see that control breeds hypocrisy. It's fine to send your flock toddling off for the weekend to denounce their own inner vows but you can talk about yours publicly as if they're righteous. Am I ashamed that these things never occurred to me while we were there? Why yes, I am. And, I'm sad to say, I worshipped this man as some sort of demi-god so even if my conscience had been pricked, I would have dismissed it.

The Color of Silence

Are Christians really just as cowardly as everyone else?

Yeah. Pretty much. Sad, but true.

Click Here for a good article on this.

Great Videos on Spiritual Abuse and Toxic Churches

These videos are a wonderful summation of what is wrong at Milestone Church and other organizations like it. I think this woman (gasp) has done a wonderful job at laying out the problems in such groups. Enjoy!



http://youtu.be/xobGbr0ui6I