Five Errors to Drop From Your Easter Sermon

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How God Rescued Me from the 'Mormon Charles Manson'
My earthly father wrecked my life. Now my Heavenly Father is rebuilding it.
Anna LeBaron
I grew up in a violent, fundamentalist, polygamist cult — a radical offshoot of the modern-day Mormon church. My father, Ervil LeBaron, was the man at the top. He demanded total allegiance. In the 1970s and '80s, he commanded followers to carry out mob-style hits on those who opposed him or fled his cult. Media outlets nicknamed my father "the Mormon [Charles] Manson" for the atrocities he committed. continue reading >>

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CT Classic Five Errors to Drop From Your Easter Sermon If you want to help people see Holy Week with fresh eyes, start by dropping these familiar fallacies. Andreas J. Köstenberger and Justin Taylor