Now updated with more cases and more insights on the inside politics of Christian Fundamentalism, SCHIZOPHRENIC CHRISTIANITY throws light onto the culture of Fundamentalism that permits its leaders to molest children. Using case study after case study of Independent Fundamental Baptist pastors accused, indicted, or convicted of child molesting, the author shows that these men continue to serve in the ministry unhindered. With surprising quotes from public leaders of Christian Fundamentalism such as the late Jerry Falwell, the author shows that many ultra-conservative Baptist churches grant...

Using case histories and the words of Christian Fundamentalist preachers themselves, Jeri Massi shows that Christian Fundamentalism draws a considerable amount of its religious culture from the philosophies attributed to atheist philosophers Fredrich Nietzsche, Ivan Pavlov, and BF Skinner. Massi shows, from the Bible, that Christian Fundamentalism's insistence on a literal interpretation of the Bible is not so much literal as it is a materialist interpretation, removing from the Bible much of its wisdom and vitality.

Beginning with an examination of the form of church government practiced in the New Testament, the author shows where modern patriarchal church government has gone far astray from the Bible. Calling herself a "weak" patriarchist, she explores several possible interpretations of Paul's restrictions against women in church eldership. The book also examines flaws in the theologies of both complementarianism and egalitarianism. LOSING JESUS warns the reader about the current problems of modern patriarchy, but it resists the temptation to do away with patriarchy altogether. Instead, the author...

I am a woman martial arts master. In 1999, When actress Lynn Redgrave's then husband John Clark was harassing her, I asked her to let me instruct her in the principles of martial enlightenment. She consented. This book is our correspondence. It is based on Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings. It should be helpful to anybody in desperate circumstances. The lessons calmed and guided her. War begins in the mind, and an intelligent, calm fighter can defeat an opponent by exploiting the undisciplined fears and desires of his or her opponent.

Survivors of sexual and domestic abuse in Christian Fundamentalism have been neglected and vilified by the teachings of Walter Fremont, Jim Berg, Bob Wood, Jack Hyles, Bill Gothard, and others. All of these men, as well as the behaviorist system called Nouthetic Counseling, are guilty of deceit in representing themselves as experts at counseling. They are also guilty of gross ignorance of the Bible. It is entirely possible for the Christian believer to live a life of triumph after abuse. And this is not by the old, discredited method of Christian Fundamentalism's "Biblical Principles" (that...

A Catalog of Child Molesters and Pedophiles in Baptist Churches. From the SBC minister who sexually tortured little boys and photographed them, to the Baptist pastor who ordered that child victims and their families be harassed, this book catalogs the shock and the shame.

In this second fanciful novel which follows The Bridge, Jeri Massi continues the history of the tiny island country of Bracken. Rosewyn is the young princess, daughter of Rosalynn and Herron. Unlike her quiet and gentle mother, Rosewyn is forever climbing trees and drainspouts, knocking down boys who bully her, and getting into trouble. Ready for adventure of any kind, she stumbles into a secret plot against her father's crown. With help from her beautiful, powerful grandmother, she escapes from the castle and begins her adventures in exile. After she and her grandmother are chased by their...

The wise woman has emerged as one of the best-loved figures of Christian fiction. A spoiled princess and her indulgent royal parents who have ruined her encounter a wise woman who kidnaps the princess and leads her on a path of self-discovery, remorse, and maturity. With commentary notes by Christian author Jeri Massi.