Exposing the Schemes of Evil

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Mental Health, Christianity, Trauma, Health & Fitness, Theology

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

How do you know that someone in your life is setting you up for harm? While we don’t want to promote paranoia, it’s important to be aware of some of the common strategies of those who perpetrate harm against you, whether that is spiritual, sexual, relational, financial, or emotional harm.

Dan begins this episode by saying, “We are meant to expose the schemes of evil, and we can't expose them if we're not aware of them. But to become aware, we're dabbling in some degree of darkness, of the violation of human dignity.”

So dear listeners, please be aware that this episode covers the sensitive topic of abuse, and we advise you to exercise self-awareness and self-care should you choose to listen.

As Rachael says, “Our hope is to help loosen the binds, not create more burdens. We'll try to move tenderly and gently with wisdom, but also boldness.”

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to the Allender Center podcast.
0:06.7	I'm Dr. Dan Allender.
0:08.5	And I'm Rachel Clinton-Cenn.
0:10.1	We're fiercely committed to providing hope and healing to a fragmented world.
0:14.5	And restoration for the heart.
0:16.8	Thank you for joining us.
0:18.4	Let's get this conversation started.
0:35.4	Rachel, it feels important to almost give a trigger warning for our topic.
0:41.6	It's not one of those where you say if you have young children around, but if you did,
0:48.9	I probably would say, nah, what we want to talk about today is being able to discern past,
0:51.5	present, possibly future.
1:12.5	How do you know that a perpetrator is operating in your world to set you up, or the word will be using quite a bit, groom you for some degree of harm, spiritual harm, financial harm, sexual harm, relational harm. And it is not an easy topic, obviously, because the last thing we want to do is promote
1:20.0	paranoia, and that is to now be looking at every relationship from, are you grooming me? Are you a perpetrator?
1:29.8	And on the other hand, the dilemma for me in this topic is, it is very possible to look at past
1:39.4	experiences where you've been used set up, but so easy to blame yourself.
1:49.0	And so if this podcast adds any degree of self-blame, it was just beyond heartbreaking.
1:58.5	So it's important to hear we are meant to expose the schemes of evil. And we can't
2:06.6	expose them if we're not aware of them. But to become aware, we're dabbling in some degree of
2:13.3	darkness, of the violation of human dignity and asking the question, how does a perpetrator
2:22.2	set someone up for harm, opens up our past wounds, opens up the particularity of paranoia,
2:31.3	and can create, in one sense, more harm than good. So that's my trigger.
2:39.1	Well, and you know, something you actually said to me, I don't know if you remember this or not.
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