In Memory
…of Lydia Schatz, and with compassion for where her parents must stand as a result. Lest we forget: We are all the chiefest of sinners. May justice be honoured, and Christ’s grace have the final triumph, to the glory of God.
Acknowledgements
Our thanks to Linda V., TulipGirl, Zooey, and writer/theologian Marc Schooley for consulting with us and providing research resources for this series. No one is an island. We are grateful for you.
Sharable eBook Version
There is an expanded free e-book now available. It is downloadable as a PDF file, 5.2 MB/76 pages. In addition to the information in the blog posts, it also covers additional materials put out by NGJ, and clarifies and refines many of the thoughts we began roughing out when we first posted about this topic. The rough drafts remain available at the links below:
- Examining the Doctrine of No Greater Joy Ministries - David J. Dyck and C.L. Dyck
- Concerns on Christ – C.L. Dyck
- Doctrine of Christ – David J. Dyck
- Doctrine of Christ, Concluded – David J. Dyck and C.L. Dyck
- Concerns on the Atonement – C.L. Dyck
- Doctrine of the Atonement – David J. Dyck
- Examining Salvation - David J. Dyck and C.L. Dyck
- Examining Sanctification – David J. Dyck and C.L. Dyck
- To Discern Good and Evil: On Family Anecdotes – David J. Dyck and C.L. Dyck
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I’m reading your e-book and must say I’m impressed so far. Many times when I would point out much less eloquently or logically some of the problems I saw with the Pearls’ thoughts, my friends would brush those points off. Probably because I hadn’t sat down and really given thought to WHY I was uncomfortable with their statement of faith.
I did notice on page 27 that there may be a typo. I think you meant 2 Tim. 3:14-4:4 instead of 2 Tim. 1:10-4:4.
Thanks for taking the time to do the research on this and for sharing it.
I’m definitely reconsidering some connections to them.
“I’m reading your e-book and must say I’m impressed so far.”
Thank you, ma’am. That encouragement means a lot. We didn’t know anything about NGJ when we started. It has been a daunting task requiring much prayer.
“I did notice on page 27 that there may be a typo. I think you meant 2 Tim. 3:14-4:4 instead of 2 Tim. 1:10-4:4.”
Thanks for the heads-up! It’s relatively easy to correct in PDF form, so I’ll check that.
Thank you so much for your examination of the doctrines behind NGJ Ministries. I have only begun my research after reading Debi Pearl’s book Created to be His Helpmeet and many red flags jumped out as I went through cover to cover. I began the slow process of examing, listening and reading everything I could find on the NGJ site and over the last week have seen with my own eyes, so to say, the presentation of another gospel, another Christ and another spirit. What you have done has made things so much easier for so many to be able to make clear choices and all contributing to this work should be commended. Again I thank you for your work here.
Thank you, Steve. We’re always glad to hear of others stopping to take a look and discern. Pearl’s particular gnostic heresy has had such a devastating impact.