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I’m very encouraged by Jinger’s testimony. It’s such a clear example of the indwelling Holy Spirit working in someone’s life and orchestrating things. There’s no human reason why she should’ve decided to remain a Christian and gone through all that arduous “disintangling” work, other than God being the sole one sustaining her faith. And now she’s using her story as a way to proclaim the gospel in its beautiful simplicity. I hope this book continues to reach and help people who grew up in the fear and guilt of man-made legalism.

It was interesting learning a bit more about Bill Gothard and IBLP from her perspective; I believe I’ve only ever read stories of people coming out of legalistic cults and outright rejecting their faith and all religion as a result, so this was quite different. She’s very graceful in the way she speaks about her family and friends caught up in IBLP teachings, but also still bold regarding where the teachings go wrong and what the Bible really says about Christian freedom and God’s true character.