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‘They tried to indoctrinate me’: examining  private Christian education

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When it came time to tour colleges, Samuel Moody visited a Christian University and was repulsed. Growing up with Christian parents and having attended a private Christian school all his educational career, he had battle scars. “In private, faith-based education there is a fine line between mentoring disciples and indoctrinating sheep, and it depends very much on the individual guiding the student. . .The majority of teachers I had [who] taught me my biblical curriculum specifically were the bad kind,” Moody said. “They tried to indoctrinate me. And I had a lot of knowledge of the Bible, but I didn’t understand Jesus on a personal level, and that’s a big problem.” Without his personal conviction to find the truth in Scripture and the strong foundation of beliefs on which his mother raised him, Moody might have become like one of the other many students who leave the faith by graduation. “There’s a reason a lot of people who grew up in the church leave it when they grow up. It’s because of bad leadership,” he claimed.

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A look at the secret church

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Persecution, prayer, praise, promises—these four elements are the core of Secret Church. Many people at John Brown University have heard the phrase “Secret Church,” but few have understood what it is and why it is a secret if it is advertised to everyone on campus. Secret Church, presented to JBU students via Student Leadership Ministries Team (SMLT), is an opportunity to join the global Church in a fourth-of-a-day journey of intense scriptural study.

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Josh Duggar’s trial and how Christians should respond to sexual abuse in the Church

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In Dec. 2020, Josh Duggar, an individual who openly admitted to molesting five children during his teenage years, was found guilty of downloading and possessing child pornography. This long-standing case, with first arrests dating back to 2019, is coming to an end with Duggar facing up to 20 years in prison and fines up to $250,000 for each count. Amidst all this, his wife stands by him. The Duggars, a popular family among the Christian community, lead us to ask ourselves an important question: As Christians, how should we respond to similar instances of abuse?

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Better Together: A faith-based relationship

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“Lord, pull me closer to who I’m meant to be close to, and push me away from the one I’m not meant to be with,” was the prayer Maddi Garrett said three times before eventually dating Liam Baumgardner. Garrett and Baumgardner had come to John Brown with the intention of not dating their first year of college. In fact, Baumgardner didn’t expect anything besides working how God wanted him to. Still, God had other plans for these two, what Garrett calls “a specific reason.”

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Rest to Rescue: Global missions and COVID-19

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As mankind continues to fight against the global disruptive virus, the world has begun to lift its appeals for masks and housebound living. With an increasing number of countries returning to their former open state, many people are able to resume traveling—none more important than Christian missionaries. Disease has always […]