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contents 2 All Scripture taken from the Authorized Version (King James) Holy Bible No Greater Joy is a bimonthly publication by No Greater Joy Ministries, Inc., a non-profi t organization dedicated to the advancement of the gospel of Jesus Christ in America and in those countries where Christ is least known. A free subscription is available by writing to the address below or by visiting our website. Your questions and comments are welcomed. Please send them to the address below. This material is copyrighted by Michael and Debi Pearl. Permission for the reprint of single articles is granted based on the following conditions: 1. The article must be printed in its entirety. 2. No more than one article per publication. 3. Complete recognition must be given as to the source. 4. Every reprint must include suffi cient information for the reader to subscribe to No Greater Joy. 5. No copyright privileges are conveyed by reprinting any portion of this publication. 6. This license to reprint may be revoked for anyone abusing this privilege to reprint. 7. This license is in force until the printing of a public statement otherwise. No Greater Joy Ministries Inc. 1000 Pearl Road Pleasantville, TN 37033 Trajan, age 3, full time office employee and part-time construction helper. Children will occasionally manifest extremely bizarre emotional behavior that is totally out of character. www.NoGreaterJoy.org / No Greater Joy Ministries Inc. March - April 2003 Vol. 9 No. 2 3 Where are the Men? by Michael Pearl An in-depth look at the role of leadership and authority meant for pastors and elders, and the issue of adults honoring and obeying their parents. This article will release thousands from the fear of man and the bondage of religion. 20 Autism Answered by Debi Pearl For the many children, whose lives have been a nightmare, I now knew there was hope. (On the Cover) We here at the NGJ offi ce became tired of always being politically correct, so our cover sports a photo of Jesse Noel holding a toy gun.
WHERE ARE THE MEN? Something is out of whack, and for too long now it has been fostered on the church as Bible doctrine. The doctrine of “giving up your rights” has been taken to cult-like extremes. ~ by MICHAEL PEARL. Who is the head of your family? A divorced mother expects her 30-year-old son to submit to her opinion as to whom he will marry and when. She claims that it is her God-given role to be the head over her son until death do them part. A woman submits to the meddling of her mother-in-law because she has been taught that she is to subject herself to her husband’s parents. A family feels it is God’s will for them to homeschool their children, but their pastor demands that they send their children to the church school. He warns them that they will be in rebellion to God if they do not submit to his pastoral authority. A family motivated by the conviction that they should honor their father and mother grieves as they watch their children suffer from the permissive influence of grandparents. But, they dare not take steps to protect their children, for they are supposed to honor their parents, aren’t they? And the list could go on and on! To compound the problem, in recent years there has arisen a twisted doctrine advocating that the family be constructed around a patriarchal head. This modern heresy has sanctioned the depraved human tendency to deliver the message. Yet, I must be dominate by allowing potentates faithful. The pervasive stench of to pose as patriarchs. In addition, religion, on the one hand, and the for the many who blindly submit, glory of our liberty in Christ, on this practice has satisfied the the other, demand that we address common human weakness of this issue head on. This message commuting one’s responsibility. will release thousands from the Some are giving up rights they fear of men and from the bondage have no right to forfeit, and of religion. others are taking to themselves powers that no man has a right to The letters you will wield. For many families, this has read are average become a great source of friction. It is all about a grab for samples, taken from authority or a willingness to among many. abdicate one’s unalienable Dear Mike, responsibility. Something is out We love our Church, but of whack, and for too long now it something has come up that has been fostered on the church we feel is threatening our as Bible doctrine. Families are home. Our Pastor started stumbling, and children are being this youth choir for the young hurt. teens. They get together and Every week we receive practice, and then they travel several letters or emails that have with the older teens to sing in to do with this subject. We have other Churches. We are not answered many letters personally, comfortable with our young but, until now, we have deferred daughter leaving home so much, going public. Of late, the sheer especially traveling and staying volume of correspondence on in motels with much older boys this issue, and the fact that it is and girls and with other adults. destroying families, has forced us Our Pastor feels he is in the to address this subject candidly. line of authority and that my I write and publish this with wife and I should submit. If great reluctance. I do not doubt we don‛t, we are in rebellion that the things I say are the and will be treated as such. We truth, but they cut so deep that want to do what is right. I recognize my unworthiness to C. M. www.NoGreaterJoy.org / No Greater Joy Ministries Inc. 3
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