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#14 Coverups, Quick Restoration, and NDAs (S1E14)
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#14 Coverups, Quick Restoration, and NDAs (S1E14)

Religious Rebels Podcast

Christy tackles the topic of spiritual abuse and unhealthy church cultures, specifically speaking out the use of NDAs, quick restoration processes, and coverups in churches and Christian organizations. She asks questions and encourages her listeners to ask questions as well.

  • What are we protecting?

  • Who are we protecting?

  • What are we hiding?

  • What needs to be brought into the light?

  • Is it worth the mess and chaos to tell the truth?

There is a horrible epidemic of unhealth within our American evangelical churches. Christy wonders why. She talks about our pretend bubble world that we often create, the happy endings we long for, and the lengths we are willing to go to keep those fantasies alive.

Christy references the story of Jesus flipping tables in the temple and wonders if he was upset about creating a place of dishonesty and consumerism within the space that was for anyone to seek God. It reminds her of what we are dealing with today in our churches.

Finally Christy encourages her listeners to tell the uncomfortable truth, ask the hard questions, and follow Jesus above anything else.

Favorite Books on Spiritual Abuse:

Bully Pulpit

The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse

When Narcissism Comes to Church

Celebrities for Jesus


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Christy Lynne Wood spent a decade in Bill Gothard's Institute in Basic Life Principles (as seen on Amazon Prime's "Shiny Happy People" documentary series). Homeschooled in this Christian cult, Christy was a good girl following the rules until Jesus unexpectedly showed up and changed everything.
As Christy got to know Jesus for herself, she began to recognize that the God she knew and the god her cult talked about couldn't be the same God. Once the good girl following the rules, Christy felt a strange rebellion creeping into her heart. But it wasn't rock music, college, or blue jeans that was turning her into a rebel (like she'd been warned), it was Jesus.
Twenty years later, Christy is still passionate about discovering truth, destroying lies, exposing religious Christianity, and helping people to find a thriving relationship with the Real Jesus.