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But he believes in loving your children and having a great personal relationship with them.
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What he 'says' and 'says he believes' are in sharp contrast to what he teaches and does. I remember reading an article on his site that talked about how glorious it was to hear from a dad who had instucted his 11 yo son to whip his 2 yo daughter. Now why he felt it was appropriate to give that burden and authority to the 11 yo was never addressed. What was addressed was how proud Pearl was that the father had the boy whip the baby until she stopped crying and submitted all the while she screamed and begged for her daddy to make it stop. Lovely picture of 'loving your children', yes?
As individuals, I am willing to extend grace to the Pearls and Ezzos.
But the day they established themselves as teachers they accepted a different Biblical standard. As leaders and, in my opinion based on Titus, clearly
false teachers who lead parents away from that loving relationship with their children and into a damaging legalism and 'must win/must dominate' dynamic, I have no tolerance for them. Strong relationships are not the fruit of punitive/legalistic teachings.