There is a very large number of believers who have no church to call home. They once were part of a community but that community either failed them or rejected them because of their suffering. This is not the way Jesus treated the injured. His care and compassion for the castaways is evident.

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Last week we discussed Robert Cialdini's book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. We broke down three of the six principles in part 1 and discussed how these are the same foundation abusers use. In this episode, we discuss the remaining three principles, and they are POWERFUL ones. Abusers are slick and crafty for a reason, and technique has much to do with it.

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Robert Cialdini is Regents' Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University and is the author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. He identifies six foundational principles of persuasion and we demonstrate in this episode how abusers use these same principles. In part 1, we will cover the first three of the six principles. Understanding these principles helps us understand deception on a whole new level.

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Jimmy gets asked a lot if there are any ways they can weed out abusers in the application process. In this episode, he will read a letter for someone who applied to a youth ministry job and then analyze the letter. Are abusers blatant? Are they more subtle? Are there things that would jump out at the interviewers? Find out in this episode!

***The book mentioned in this episode is Robert Cialdini's book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion and can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Influence-Psychology-Persuasion-Robert-Cialdini/dp/006124189X

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It is the norm for churches to cover up for abusers. The biggest reason, we believe, is that abusers are very good at making others feel sorry for them. In this episode, Jimmy and Clara talk about what church members can do to hold their leaders accountable. The tides are changing because of #MeToo and #ChurchToo, and the time is favorable to hold people accountable who cover for abusers.

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The 40th statewide grand jury in Pennsylvania will publicly release an 884 page investigative report into allegations of abuse in the Catholic church this month. This investigation was the result of survivors who bravely have kept pressure on for the state to act. There were 57 priests and staff who were implicated in the Eerie diocese alone. There are 6 dioceses that were investigated. In this episode, Jimmy and Clara talk about the power each survivor has to bring about sweeping change.

And change is coming very quickly. The landscape of the church is changing for the good. Laws are being changed and survivors are leading the way! Every survivor is needed to keep up the change. There is much hope!!

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Abusers are incredibly manipulative. Join Jimmy and Clara as they share personal stories of Jimmy's dad using emotion through narrative to draw people in. Find out how abusers use emotions to get what they want.

Jimmy and Clara discuss why preaching ministry is so enticing for sexual abusers and how narrative is used to reel in victims and swoon adults.

Do you eve wonder how abusers get away with so much? How to they keep people from becoming suspicious of their behavior? In this episode, Jimmy and Clara discuss the importance of abusers getting to know what we want to believe about others. Once they find out, they create that very character we want to embrace. In other words, they give us exactly what we're looking for, making it nearly impossible to suspect them as an abuser.

Current training focuses on identifying "red flag behaviors" of abusers in order to identify them. But is this effective? In this episode, Clara and Jimmy discuss the weaknesses of using red flag behaviors to identify abusers.

This episode is an introduction to creating a paradigm shift where we think in terms of specific techniques instead of focusing on broad behaviors.