Spiritual Abuse, Part One

The Allender Center Podcast

The Allender Center

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

4.6 • 628 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dan Allender is joined by Rachael Clinton, Assistant Director of Program Development and Admissions, to begin a three-part conversation on the dynamics and fallout of spiritual abuse. Dan and Rachael discuss the pervasive and insidious realities of systems that use power to control and divide, fragmenting the beauty of a community that bears God’s name.

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Allender Center podcast with Dr. Dan Allender.
0:06.4	This week, Dan begins a three-part conversation with yours truly, Rachel Clinton, about the
0:12.1	devastating realities of spiritual abuse. As we unpack the truth of this difficult and personal topic,
0:18.3	we invite you to consider how systems that use power to control others
0:22.7	are so very far from what God intends for communities that bear his name.
0:35.3	Well, I have the privilege of interacting with my dear friend and colleague, Rachel Clinton.
0:41.0	Hi.
0:41.2	And Rachel, not only are you the voice that introduces, but also we have been in Southern California
0:47.0	and a number of people as we do a conference together have recognized your voice.
0:53.3	This is true. Kind of fun, isn't it? Yeah, I have a lot of friends. voice. This is true.
0:54.5	Kind of fun, isn't it?
0:55.3	Yeah, I have a lot of friends.
0:56.9	Well, that's true too.
0:59.4	The fact is, as we begin this program, we're going to tackle an issue that a number of our listeners
1:08.2	have asked us to do actually over the last couple years.
1:11.6	And I don't know why we've not done so, but I know that when we step into this,
1:16.6	there's a lot of spiritual, let's just say, investiture on the part of evil to keep us from engaging this.
1:26.6	So we're going to begin talking about spiritual
1:29.7	abuse, not spiritual warfare, but spiritual abuse. And what happens when the human heart
1:36.3	encounters someone who uses God to take power over them in order to gain something,
1:47.0	but ultimately that distorts and divides that heart from truly who God is.
1:52.0	Yes.
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