A safe place for Xers to share their stories and heal.
A place to learn what it's really like in the ntcc founded by Rodger Wilson Davis;
and run by his son-in-law, Michael Craig Kekel,
the father of the one vasectomy-rule-exception kid in ntcc, Grant Davison Kekel.
Ezekiel 12:11
Say, I 'am' your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove 'and' go into captivity.
He Loves A House More Than God: Bonco Mansions of kekel (l) and davis (r)
"He loves a house more than God:" *Bonco* Mansions of kekel (l) and davis (r). Meanwhile, on the mission field: ntcc Missionaries to the Philippines "Rev. and Sis. Mackert ... found a place, 9 feet by 14 feet [9'x14'] and one bathroom. It is on the 6th floor and there is no elevator. The last place they had stayed, they had to share a common bathroom with the other tenants! Yikes! This place has their very own private bathroom, although the Rev. shared there is no seat on the throne, and no way to attach one…." from The Devonshire Files Sunday, May 28, 2006 Visit from the Mackerts (5/06). ** Should you know where the money ($$$$$) goes? **
Jesus In The Temple
Matt 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves,
Matt 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Gal. 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us.
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And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Isa 32:2
This weekend, many are thinking of Hurricane Irene and devastation. Truly our hearts go out to those in the path of this storm.
In our own lives, we recently celebrated our first wedding anniversary. Friends and family have sent us well wishes and thoughtful comments.
These events reminded me of this verse, Isa 32:2 and how one man can be a cover from the storm, as refreshing as cold clean water in the desert, as peaceful and secure as the shadow of a huge rock in a wasteland, as quiet as a secure place away from the winds of life.
Now I have it pretty good in that department. My husband is perfect for me. I could not ask God for a better soul-mate. I truly pray all could experience such a perfect match made in heaven like what Don and I now share.
But above that, I know that the One Man Who seeks to be Our Covering is the Man, Christ Jesus. He is the One who desires to shelter us from every storm and tempest. His blood is our covering. He is Our ROCK. He gives us Living Water that we may never thirst and the rivers of living water flow from our belly to sustain others. He is Our Hope, Our Peace, Our Provider, Our GOD.
And we, like the Sweet Psalmist in Israel can say,
I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. Psa 61:4
Because God has promised us:
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: Psa 91:4(p)
We've used this video before; but it seemed fitting again so...
We just celebrated our first anniversary; and it has been a great year. It's very hard to comprehend how, for so long, the leaders of a cult could have kept us from this life that we are enjoying. We are experiencing a portion of what we should have been experiencing all along over the past 21 years of our lives.
The truth is that we were meant to be together. Back in 1990 there should have been nothing to keep us apart. There was really no logical explanation for splitting us up. I was doing everything that could be expected to help the local church in Colorado Springs and the pastor that was placed over it. Ange was a new Christian and according to ntcc rules shouldn't have been pressured to go to bible school for at least a year. She was rushed to Bible School because it was more important to our so called shepherd and his wandering wife to split us apart.
We have shared this story many times and will not rehash it all again; but I would like to share some of what happened to us in the aftermath and contrast that to how great we have it now that we are together as God intended.
Shortly after Ange was rushed off to Washington to obey the "calling of God" she was called back into the army because of operation Desert Shield/Storm. I guess God, I mean the MOG (man of God) had it all wrong. We were so indoctrinated that we couldn't see that this was all a big hoax. Ange came back through Colorado Springs at some point during her deployment and left everything that I had ever given her in a pile. She had already torn up any pictures she had of me, in an effort to move on. I knew she didn't hate me; but she was misled to believe that it was not God's will for us to be together. I also had torn up all of her pictures and thrown away everything that reminded me of her.
Don's Letterman's Jacket
We did not discuss these things. We were not told to do this. Like so many other implied rules we were exhibiting learned behavior. If any thing made us proud we should get it out of our lives. I threw away my High School letterman's jacket for the same reason. Is any of this healthy or necessary? Is this what God meant when Jesus said that we were to take up our crosses and follow Him?
When we reconnected after twenty years we both realized how we had been manipulated. I thought of Ange so many times through the years and often felt deprived and wondered what kind of a life I had missed out on. We had so much in common and everything seemed so perfect and natural when we were together. We thought alike and complimented each other in so many ways.
Now that we are back together I realize that we missed out on a whole lot of life. While things are going great for us, we often think about all of the lost years that we can never get back. We choose to look at those years as a reminder of what the ntcc is all about and to remember those that are still inside the ntcc suffering much of the same.
There are countless men involved with the ntcc that would be happily married, have families, and live normal lives IF they had attended ANY CHURCH other than ntcc.
Getting on with our life has included a burden for ntcc members that continue to suffer and for X members who are trying to pick up the pieces of their lives. Is this a calling? Perhaps; but it is also what any human being with decency would do to help those in danger.
House and Back Deck
Note the devil-dishes
Now we are enjoying life to the fullest. Our relationship has exceeded our expectations; and we feel that God has not only blessed our union but all other areas of our lives. I have a great steady job with very good benefits; we live in a very nice house; and we are enjoying life. If we want to buy nice things for each other we do; if we want to spend more than $40 bucks per week on groceries we do; as a matter of fact we buy whatever we want when we want it.
We are not rich; but we don't live in poverty so a bunch of hypocritical Pharisees can live in the lap of luxury on our dime!
Holding A Tiger Cub :o)
We also love being together. We go places and do things that normal married couples do. We also thank God for each other; and we are learning more and more to enjoy our lives. All this normalcy, coupled together with God's blessings exposes the huge disparity between what is right and wrong in the ntcc.
We thank everyone for contributing to our blog. We do have quite a few readers; and we thank you all for reading and participating at any level. We hope also that what we share hit's home in some way.
Our mission has been to help people realize that they can have a relationship with God outside of the ntcc!
Christians were never meant to live under the condemnation of cult leaders and their false doctrines!
When you realize how false the ntcc doctrines are and how phony the leaders are by living according to different standards than what they demand of others, it reveals a more excellent Gospel of Grace that puts to shame the ordinances and Pharisaical rules of the ntcc. Because of this, we don't shy away from admonishing others of this destructive cult and its abusive ways. We are determined to make up for lost time by enjoying this life to the fullest!
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do [it] with thy might; Ecc 9:10
