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Cultish

Part 1: Defecting From Bethel

Cultish

Jeff Durbin

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Cult, Jesus, God, Spirituality, Spiritual, Apologia Studios, Cults, Apologia, Theology

4.13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

In this highly anticipated Cultish exclusive, co-hosts Jeff Durbin and Jeremiah Roberts are joined in Studio by former BSSM student Lindsay Davis. Just a few weeks ago, Lindsay created much controversy with the announcement that she was expelled from the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry for publicly speaking out against the school. Why did this happen? What caused her to doubt Bethel’s cause and begin to think differently than she had a few months prior? In this three-part series, we speak in depth with Lindsay Davis about her time at Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry and discover what makes this worldwide movement so alluring. We also discuss some very concerning psychological and sociological cultish behaviors which line up with descriptions given by experts like Steven Hassan and Rick Allen Ross, who have extensively researched recent cultish movements in the United States. Most importantly, we discuss the theological cultish behaviors that fall under Walter Martin’s classic definition: “ a group of people gathered around a specific person or person’s misinterpretation of the Bible. “ Additionally, we explore the physical and supernatural manifestations happening at Bethel, which brings up the question: are these experiences movements of God, psychosomatic episodes, or something else? Could it be possible to experience healing and the supernatural apart from God? There is no doubt that Bethel Church has worldwide influence, and because of this, it is imperative to have this conversation. We invite you, regardless of where you stand on this issue, to be part of this conversation and listen to Lindsay’s story with an open mind.

Transcript

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0:00.0

My name is Eddie and I was in a call.

0:09.2

Planet Earth about to be recycled.

0:12.5

Your only chance to survive or evacuate is to leave with us.

0:19.4

Started as an effort by a charismatic creature to build a new society but it ended of course

0:24.1

with the tragic deaths of more than 900 people.

0:27.1

Please, our God's sakes, let's get on with it.

0:30.5

We've lived, there's no other people, lived and loved.

0:33.2

We've had as much of this world as you're going to get.

0:35.6

Let's just be done with it.

0:36.9

Let's be done with the agony of it.

0:38.8

It's the revolutionary suicide.

0:40.8

It's not a self-destructive suicide.

0:43.0

The little pain for this, they brought this upon us.

0:50.3

You're an occult.

0:51.3

I love you and I want you out of it and with Christ.

0:55.0

You're...

0:56.0

Alright, welcome everyone to this long awaited, Coltish exclusive, defecting from Bethel.

1:10.0

My name is Jeremiah Roberts.

1:11.5

I'm one of the co-hosts here with me is my trusted pastor, Fred and co-host Jeff Turbin.

1:18.0

What's up?

1:19.0

We have known each other for quite a while.

1:21.6

We are here with Lindsay Davis.

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