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For your understanding, for the easily confused, and for those who need indigestion after happily munching on gossip:

Prolific busybody, Christine Pack @SolaSisters of the #ReformedDowngrade sect, makes long “gotcha” threads on Twitter against the godly. Here’s one broken down.

 I’m blessed to be numbered among those that she, Byrd, Hobbs, Miller, R Scott Clark, Jules Lapierre and newer drama-makers like David Chism have targeted through the years. I praise God to bear reproach for his name.
The trouble I’ve faced these years has been due to a willingness to confront these sectarians, their false teachings, and their bad behavior.

So let’s see what she has as her “receipts” after years of the #ReformedDowngrade sect spying and doxing me:
1. She rightly says I‘ve claimed Byrd has “a number of similarities to Jezebel” and that she is “a wolf.” Noted. And also true. And amen. She claims this means I have “a fetish-like fixation on Aimee Byrd”, which says everything about her as a wicked gossip and nothing about me.
2. She notes that I have joked about R. Scott Clark’s and others false accusations about me being Federal Vision—“sounds FV” we say—it’s an old joke, but he has been a gossip for a long time. I like to joke about dumb things, and this mob/sect provides a lot of material. 🤷‍♂️
3. She claims GC compared Byrd to a transvestite, which is a complete lie. The meme was about her false teaching that “anything a man does is masculine.” Clearly, per the meme, that teaching is false. Byrd’s cross dressing advocacy is less obvious: women in the military etc.
4. She’s mad that I got a free copy of a great book by @douglaswils and she didn’t. Must be a sad life being an internet gossip. (Thanks @canonpress !! And I’m planning to invest in nationwide neighborhood trash compactors.)
5. She found that time when I said “thirsty white knights” and is certainly certain that means something really bad about.... me. Lol. Ok. I guess if you’re desperate to find fault you have to dig deep, but don’t worry, the white knights are still thirsty **for attention.**
6. She is upset that I said of divisive gossips like her, “there are wicked people in the church of the Lord Jesus picking on ministers and elders for every little thing they say.” Yes. And amen. And may God break their teeth (Psalm 58:6) and shut their mouths (Psalm 107:42)
7.See 1., when you’re a gossip with nothing real to say, you have to repeat yourself apparently.
8. She notes that in my 3hr *private* video about Byrd-Miller-Hobbs’ doxing of hundreds of people, a video she stole and posted publicly, I claimed that this mob has engaged in wicked and bullying behavior. Also true. And amen. And may Christ Jesus destroy all his enemies.
So here we have it folks...

Mrs. Pack’s gift of gossip on display, a grand tour of her years of saying I’m a no good baddie:

A big bunch of nothing, wrapped up with a big bow of drama.

Bless Jehovah, he has been my help, and my feet haven’t stumbled. I’m so glad to be his.

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