Mind-changing tactics
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How to resist
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Scriptures
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Produce mental and moral confusion through contemporary books and stories (Cognitive dissonance)
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God's Word
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Know the Truth
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Insist on open-mindedness toward unbiblical views and suggestions
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Discernment
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Recognize and resist deception
Colossians 2:8
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Use feel-good affirmations to create a "safe place" for sharing personal thoughts and values
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Faith
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Trust and obey God
Galatians 2:20
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Require open-mindedness, respect, "tolerance" and approval of new beliefs and values
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Prayer |
Stand firm in Christ
Romans 12:2 & Philippians 4:6-7
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Through each group dialogue, guide each member toward a new consensus
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Perseverance
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Be willing to face group disapproval
Romans 5:3-4, 8:25-26
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Undermine traditional authorities (parents, church, Bible, God...) as old-fashioned, obsolete, divisive or intolerant.
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Gratefulness
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Build a habit of thanking God for everything
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
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Prompt everyone to freely share feelings, thoughts, complaints, resentments (especially toward traditional parents), etc.
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Confess all to God
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Pour out your heart to God, not to the dialectic group.
Psalm 62:8
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Stir subtle hostility (ridicule, rejection) toward dissenters (see Zero Tolerance for Non-Compliance)
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Forgiveness & love
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Demonstrate His overcoming love
1 Corinthians 13
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Humiliate resistors or non-conformists
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Genuine humility
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Trust God's promises
James 4:7-10; Luke 6:22-23;
Matthew 5:3, 9
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Commit yourself to the group and its changing consensus
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Surrender to God
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Abide in Him - our only true and lasting source of safety.
John 15:4-11
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