We put a disclaimer on Peter Bradrick as he is heavily involved in the hyper Patriarchal movement and holds to beliefs that we find to be contrary to scripture - especially New Testament church teaching. Also, disclaimer on all translations other than the KJV.
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Peter Bradrick was a "spiritual son" of Doug Phillips. He worked for some time as an "intern" at Vision Forum and spent a good deal of time with Phillips, looking up to him as a spiritual mentor. Bradrick and some others went to Doug Phillips in the spirit of mercy so encourage him to repentance when they learned about Phillips' adultery. The reception they received was most certainly not what they ever would have expected based on what they had heard Phillips teach himself.
There are many of us who hope that these men will reexamine other aspects of the alleged Biblical Patriarchy beliefs and teaching in light of the scripture to see if those things be so (Acts 17:10). There is a hopefully growing group of people who realize that they are not so, and have already come out. We hope that Mr. Bradrick and his family, as well as others, will see the truth and seek to live by the N.T. instructions for Christian living. (More later on this.)
The following screenshots were collected from PDF files I took of comments that Peter Bradrick posted on his Facebook page regarding the Phillips debacle. You will recall that Doug Phillips went public with his resignation on October 30, 2013. These comments were made in November.
The first comment is an announcement of his intent to leave social and public media for awhile. I do not know what his business failure was, but I find it a bit sad in light of the teachings of the Vision Forum guru and his co-horts that Bradrick has found their "Vision Casting" and "generational family plans" hard to materialize in his own life. It is sad because it is not surprising, and yet it is expected. Not everyone can generate a multi-million dollar family business, and yet these people seem to believe that entrepreneurial family businesses that will carry on for generations and support multiple children/sons should be the norm. Life just "ain't" that easy.
The second post shows a high level of caution, which is perhaps commendable considering the enormity of the situation and his level of knowledge. However, his comment regarding "the gossip mill", while probably well meant, is not exactly appreciated by some. One of Doug Phillips' most powerful threats is apparently to label someone as a gossip. From information I have read it sound like the "sin of gossip" is/was viewed as one of the worst things a person could commit. This is not surprising in a man who obviously worked hard to gain a strong control over all that followed him. One of the typical modes of operation for cultic type leaders is to threaten their people not to "tell tales", "gossip", "talk to others", or "talk among" themselves. It is Very, Very common. Consequently, this was a large barrier for Peter Bradrick to get over, and perhaps we should be hopeful that he made the effort in as much as he did. It is a glimmer of hope that he may look farther before he's done. Let's hope.
This is pretty clear and self-explanatory.
This statement is very bold. Not only does he quote Doug Phillips openly, he clearly places some serious blame at Phillip's door. "When the strong take advantage of the weak, and then turn them out like so much garbage..." is speaking of the young woman whom Phillips so horribly wronged. No other person in this mess fits that position. Obviously Bradrick is enraged at the injustice and cruelty that Phillips has shown toward a woman whom he should have been caring for as a pastor/elder. As a minister he was more than likely presuming on his position of spiritual power of the young woman to get her to do what he wanted - in this case commit sexual sins with him. This is known as clerical sexual abuse. It is a more serious crime that simple rape because the man (usually) uses his position of spiritual superiority to demand compliance in sexual things from a person who is in a position that obligates them to obedience - or so they see it. It is based on mind-control and/or manipulation by a person in authority, something the state frowns on quite severly.
