Comments on: The Dallas Observer on Ole Anthony http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68 Evangelical Resources for the 21st Century Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Doug Duncan http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-4165 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 17:32:12 +0000 http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-4165 Hey, there is a new development in this story. The November issue of Charisma magazine has an article about this controversy. The article breaks no new ground, but it is a good, objective piece. You can check out a teaser on the web at http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=13954 Hey, there is a new development in this story. The November issue of Charisma magazine has an article about this controversy. The article breaks no new ground, but it is a good, objective piece. You can check out a teaser on the web at http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=13954

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by: john ruttles http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-1190 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 22:21:51 +0000 http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-1190 Nice hatchet job you did on Wendy and Doug. Why not talk to them, they are open and not secretive too. "Poisoning the well" by implying that nothing good can come out of the Observer is unfair at best. You owe Glenna and the Duncan's an apology. Nice hatchet job you did on Wendy and Doug. Why not talk to them, they are open and not secretive too. “Poisoning the well” by implying that nothing good can come out of the Observer is unfair at best. You owe Glenna and the Duncan’s an apology.

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by: Doug Duncan http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-1164 Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:11:43 +0000 http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-1164 Very poorly informed comments by TrackBack, here. When he says, "The consensus opinion was that the individuals that wrote the book suffered from some mental imbalance, and many of them expressed genuine personal concern for the author," he is mindlessly repeating a cult's slandering of someone he has never met personally, and in fact becoming party to their spiritual abuse. Of course, the people in a cult are going to say that those who are pointing out that they are a cult are crazy. I defy you to find any cult that would respond differently. It is pretty naive to go to a cult and ask them, "Are you a cult?" and expect to get an objective response. However, if he were to talk to any of the dozens of former members of Trinity Foundation whom Wendy Duncan interviewed for her book, he would receive a different answer. As to the veracity of the Dallas Observer, all I can say is that the quality of any story pretty much comes down to the integrity of the reporter. Glenna Whitley, the author of the Trinity piece, is a believer and is a very respected journalist in Dallas. It is possible that something else that has run in the Observer was not as well done as Whitley's investigation of Ole and Trinity, but her article was the first that I have seen that actually got the Trinity story right--and I know. Very poorly informed comments by TrackBack, here. When he says, “The consensus opinion was that the individuals that wrote the book suffered from some mental imbalance, and many of them expressed genuine personal concern for the author,” he is mindlessly repeating a cult’s slandering of someone he has never met personally, and in fact becoming party to their spiritual abuse. Of course, the people in a cult are going to say that those who are pointing out that they are a cult are crazy. I defy you to find any cult that would respond differently. It is pretty naive to go to a cult and ask them, “Are you a cult?” and expect to get an objective response. However, if he were to talk to any of the dozens of former members of Trinity Foundation whom Wendy Duncan interviewed for her book, he would receive a different answer.

As to the veracity of the Dallas Observer, all I can say is that the quality of any story pretty much comes down to the integrity of the reporter. Glenna Whitley, the author of the Trinity piece, is a believer and is a very respected journalist in Dallas. It is possible that something else that has run in the Observer was not as well done as Whitley’s investigation of Ole and Trinity, but her article was the first that I have seen that actually got the Trinity story right–and I know.

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by: JC http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-670 Mon, 07 Aug 2006 21:47:10 +0000 http://www.evangelicalresources.org/blog/?p=68#comment-670 I found the article to be right on. It's people like Ole that give Christians a bad name. I would classify Ole as a closest homosexual and wouldn't be surprised if he's molested most of his following because he seems to be about mind control and power over others. I think he was jealous of these other ministers and took his actions to the extreme. I believe the pain in his foot will seem like the joy of his life when it comes time for him to face the final judgment. I found the article to be right on. It’s people like Ole that give Christians a bad name. I would classify Ole as a closest homosexual and wouldn’t be surprised if he’s molested most of his following because he seems to be about mind control and power over others. I think he was jealous of these other ministers and took his actions to the extreme. I believe the pain in his foot will seem like the joy of his life when it comes time for him to face the final judgment.

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