So when people realize their leaders are abusive and oppressive, it can be spiritually debilitating and disillusioning in profound and unique ways. The person supposedly representing Jesus is nearly the opposite of Jesus. And that makes people wonder whether this whole Christianity thing may also be a fraud. As we shall see, the presence of abusive leaders does not surprise God. The history of God’s people is full of them. But he is keen to warn us against them so we can take appropriate action to protect the church. Jesus himself spent a remarkable amount of time calling out bad leaders who
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