http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/en-USSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)BarryOnline.comWed, 27 Jan 2010 09:56:42 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2010/1/26/the-proof-is-in-the-living-the-x-factor-devotional-day-twelv.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/7078656Tamogene, sorry you were having a tough time on your birthday. But so glad God used this site to affect change in your thinking. That is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

]]>BarryOnline.comWed, 27 Jan 2010 09:54:51 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2010/1/21/disappointment-the-x-factor-devotional-day-nine-january-21-2.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/7078651You bet Calvin, thanks for coming by the site.

]]>Tamogene SilvaTue, 26 Jan 2010 18:19:11 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2010/1/26/the-proof-is-in-the-living-the-x-factor-devotional-day-twelv.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/7072943Thank you Barry this couldn't come at better time, today's my birthday and I have been crying all day. what you wrote made me think, and made my thoughts change. God Bless you.

]]>CalvinThu, 21 Jan 2010 17:18:18 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2010/1/21/disappointment-the-x-factor-devotional-day-nine-january-21-2.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/7018309Amen! God shows us every day how good He is. Sometimes we just need to take the focus off our problems, and put our lives in perspective. Remember always, our God is sovereign!

]]>BarryOnline.comThu, 10 Dec 2009 19:04:08 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2009/8/21/city-hope-09.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/6568010You bet S.A. I am hoping to hear from you sooner than later as I have one more week until vacation! YAY! And the schedule is getting extremely full. Call soon... and be sure to let me know about your pseudo name too. :)

]]>SpiritualAbuseSun, 29 Nov 2009 18:38:20 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2009/8/21/city-hope-09.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/6452195Thank you Barry for showing compassion. I havent seen alot of that lately especially from christians. I can't help but think that even in this confusing time for me, I know that Jesus first and foremost had compassion. I thank you for your offer of a face to face. I am hooked on Starbucks......lol. I am not interested howerver in listening to alot of defending of yourself. Maybe some explaining....haha but not defending. That is what the church leadership has been doing for too long esp at the organization we are speaking about. And just to clarify. "by spewing", I mean avoiding the real issues through spiritual talk. Everyone is afraid to talk about or deal with the issues. I believe some of the tragedy at Radiant Life could have been avoided had area christian leadership spoke up and confronted the wrongs and the leader. Churches are quick to protest abortion or anti gay issues but avoid confronting issues of spiritual abuse and manipulation in Gods church. Thank you for your offer. I would like that very much. No pastor has offered to help me in dealing with the sadness over the happenings that have occured. I will attempt to contact you through the church. I will have to see what the schedule looks like for the next couple weeks. Thanks Barry for listening.

]]>BarryOnline.comSat, 28 Nov 2009 22:15:00 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2009/8/21/city-hope-09.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/6440799Spiritual Abuse,
I'm sorry that you feel like I am 'spewing' spiritual talk. Would you like to get some coffee sometime? I think you have taken some of my words and misunderstood them. I'd like to be able to have a face to face conversation with you and hear more of your heart on this matter. When I come across as 'spewing' - I realize that this forum has not done the justice I was hoping it would.

]]>Brenda HowardSat, 21 Nov 2009 15:39:24 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2009/11/20/off-to-tahoe.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/6360482you r soooooooooooooo lucky

]]>SpiritualAbuseFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:11:56 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2009/8/21/city-hope-09.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/6354242Barry, I would tell you first hand that the number of those saved at Radiant Life was no where close to thousands. This was a ridiculous farce played out by the head of the church. I can tell you that thousands may have raised a hand to receive a free gift that was paraded to them. The gospel was manipulated to get people to raise their hands so that the church could take credit for hands raised not souls saved. This was turned into a big game and competition at the church. Some people were saved along the way but nowhere near thousands. Yes, we can give credit to God for any souls saved but you can also give credit to the senior pastor for chasing thousands away from Christ or making their relationship distant. The church went from 3000 to a handful. You say you are focused on the lives that are saved for eternity and I and many people dont see it that way. We saw the farce that was played out in their outreach. In addition there has never been any acknowledgement or reconciliation even attempted with a whole church full of lost sheep. The head pastor classifies the hundreds (estimate over a thousand) as "neccessary casualties" of pushing forward the head pastors agenda. Someone asked me recently when I told him about Radiant Life and he asked me if they booted the pastor out. LOL....Cant be done at Radiant Life. Thats what is sad. The whole system was corrupt. You can focus on something else other than reconciliation and helping the hurt but I am sure that would not have been the agenda of the only one who is greater than this all. I will not comment on this matter any more on your website as this is not a site regarding Radiant Life Church (Cult). I think that the reason Hector replied on here was because of his concern in the inclusion of a very unrepentant pastor who has not reconciled with the mass of people he abused. We have seen it and believe that the head pastor was on the path of destruction to the point of controlling his inner circle members to the extreme of a full blown cult. the danger is in the koolaid. Didnt see any but thats were people saw it going. So anyway city hope is a great project and hopefully helps to bring more unity to the city. Thanks for your participation in that and you can spew all the spiritual talk about the situation at Radiant Life all you want but it does not change the situation or help to heal and bring those the have drifted back to the one that is bigger than all of this.

]]>BarryOnline.comFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:24 +0000http://www.barryonline.com/barrys-blog/2009/8/21/city-hope-09.html#comments260797:2623578:comment/6353912Spiritual Abuse,
I see that you are very passionate about what has happened at Radiant Life. I am assuming you are one of those that was hurt. But I would be careful about your assumptions. You have no idea how close I am to the situation or informed I may or may not be. I will leave it at that. I do not want to make your pain more painful. I do not want to argue about this. God is bigger than me, Impact, Radiant Life, and anyone or anything else. Thousands came to Christ in that church. You can give God credit for that... no matter who is the Pastor of any church... God is the one who saves. How they are treated or 'fed' after that... yes, there are differences. I am not focused on those differences... I am focused on lives that are saved for eternity. Our gracious and holy God will deal with this in His way... whether using men or the spirit. As for the pain that is left in the wake of those trials... for that I am sorry - and cannot effectively speak to how badly that must hurt.

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