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+<title>Overcomers</title>
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+Authors: Jake Gustafson (Poikilos) and Robert Kiraly (OldCoder)\\
+License: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International
 This is the first page, Introduction.
 For the next page, Foreword, [[foreword|click here.]]
 Note: The introduction is below the table of contents. Scroll down.
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 **OVERCOMERS PART I: LESSONS FROM MY LIFE**
-) [[start|Introduction]] (this page; scroll down)\\
+<WRAP index>
-) [[foreword|Foreword]]\\
+.0) [[start#start-top|Introduction]]\\
-) [[early_ray|Early Ray]]\\
+.0) [[foreword|Foreword]]\\
-) [[bc1990s|Baptist Churches in the 1990s]]\\
-) [[chameleon|Chameleon]]\\
-) [[xabuse|Sexual Abuse in Church Contexts]]\\
-) [[neurodiverse|Neurodiverse isn't Worse]]
+.0) [[family|Family Background]]\\
+.1) [[tfw|The Fourth Way]]\\
+.2) [[childhood|Jake's Childhood]]\\
+.0) [[ray|Ray of Sunshine]]\\
+.1) [[early_ray|Early Ray]]\\
+.2) [[ray_tracing|Ray Tracing]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP index>
+.0) [[pa_baptists|PA Baptists]]\\
+.1) [[right_church|Baptist Churches]]\\
+.2) [[bible_studies|Bible Studies]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP index>
+.0) [[fca|FCA]]\\
+.1) [[fca_funding|FCA Funding]]\\
+.2) [[fca_role|Role and Culture of FCA]]\\
+.3) [[christian_rock|Christian Rock]]\\
+.4) [[more_fca_photos|More FCA Photos]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP index>
+.0) [[chameleon|Chameleon Aconitum]]\\
+.1) [[chameleon_early|Early Chameleon]] \\
+.2) [[chameleon_me|Chameleon and Me]]\\
+.3) [[chameleon_tfc|Return of the Chameleon]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP index>
+.0) [[xabuse|Abuse in Church Contexts]]\\
+.1) [[xabuse_longaker|John Longaker Case]]\\
+.2) [[xabuse_romig|Eric Romig Case]]\\
+.3) [[xabuse_dembrosky|Dennis Dembrosky Case]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP index>
+.0) [[neurodiverse|Neurodiverse isn't Worse]]
+</WRAP>
+<WRAP index>
+.0) [[unsorted_life|Unsorted]]\\
+.1) [[just_fun|Just Fun]]\\
+.2) [[camp_reeta|Camp Reeta]]
+</WRAP>
+</WRAP>
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 **OVERCOMERS PART II: ADVICE TO INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES**
-) [[manipulators|Recognize Manipulators]]\\
+<WRAP index>
-) Leave Toxic Relationships\\
+) [[manipulators|Recognize Manipulators]]\\
-) [[speak_up|It's All Right to Speak Up]]\\
+) [[so_relationships|SO Relationships]]\\
-) [[healthy_church|Focus on the House Church]]\\
+) [[speak_up|It's All Right to Speak Up]]\\
-) The Role of Faith
+) [[house_church|Focus on the House Church]]\\
+) [[role_faith|The Role of Faith]]
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+</WRAP>
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 **OVERCOMERS PART III: SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAYS**
-A) [[kjv_only|KJV-Only Churches]]
+A) [[kjv_only|KJV-Only Churches]]\\
+B) [[site_reflections|Ethical Concerns Q&A]]\\
 **ABOUT THIS SITE**
-B) [[notices|Site Notices]]\\
+C) [[site_notices|Site Notices]]\\
-C) [[editor|Editor's notes to author]]
+D) [[wikitech|Wiki Tech Notes]]
 Contact information, Privacy Notice, document license, etc., are on the Site Notices page.
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-**WHAT IS THIS BOOK?**
+{{anchor:start-top:}}**WHAT IS THIS BOOK?**
 This is a personal story intended for U.S. readers. Especially current and former church-goers and people in problem
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 Jake Gustafson is a reserved software developer in his 30s. He's committed to the com(shy)mun(shy)ity and faith that have been the cornerstones of his life since child(shy)hood.
-Ray Gustafson is a charismatic massage artist and drug user in his 40s.
+Ray Gustafson is a massage artist and drug user in his 40s.
-He's a former Christian leader who positions himself as an Ex-Christian
+He's a former Christian leader who posi(shy)tions him(shy)self as an
-guru and, at the same time, seems to boast of balling women who are
+Ex-Christian guru and, at the same time, seems to boast of
-as young as he's able to get.
+bedding women who are as young as he's able to get.
+Ray has been been arrested and prose(shy)cuted for mul(shy)tiple drug
+and/or alcohol offenses. His future is bleak. It's safe to
+say that his life hasn't turn(shy)ed out as well as he might have
+hoped.
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 The two men are conflicted.
-Jake retains his faith, but he's in the process of deciding where the
+Jake retains his faith, but he's in the pro(shy)cess of deciding where the
-boundaries that define community and faith lie.
+bound(shy)aries that define com(shy)munity and faith lie.
-Ray has explicitly rejected Christianity, but he seems to waver on this position. He's said to have tried to introduce the Bible to the local drug culture.
+Ray has explicitly rejected Christianity, but he seems to
+waver on this posi(shy)tion. He's said to have tried to intro(shy)duce
+the Bible to the local drug culture.
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-The key figures also include Chameleon, a manipulative and corro(shy)sive woman that both men have had as a lover. She doesn't define the story, but she does complicate it.
+The key figures also include Chameleon, a mani(shy)pula(shy)tive
+and corro(shy)sive woman that both men have had as a lover. She
+doesn't define the story, but she does com(shy)pli(shy)cate it.
-Chameleon was into BDSM and hard drugs and once did a threesome involving two gay men. **//"Lol, it's a miracle I didn't get HIV",//** she says. She asked Jake, on occasion, to watch her kids so that she could engage in prostitution.
+Chameleon was into BDSM and hard drugs and once did a three(shy)some
+involving two gay men.
+**//"Lol, it's a miracle I didn't get HIV",//** she said.
+She asked Jake, on occasion, to watch her kids so that she
+could engage in pro(shy)sti(shy)tu(shy)tion.
 Chameleon arguably wasn't the best match for a Funda(shy)mental(shy)ist man, let alone for two Funda(shy)mental(shy)ist brothers.
-This site will go into signs of relationships that aren't on a rock-solid basis.
+This site will go into signs of relationships that aren't
+on a rock-solid basis.
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-This book is Jake's look at his life, Ray's life, and two
+This book is Jake's look at his life, Ray's life, and
-perspectives on Faith. Ray and others are invited to comment.
+differ(shy)ent per(shy)spec(shy)tives on Faith. Both
+the people involved and
+the public in general are invited to com(shy)ment.
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