Faith and Doubt
If Speaking Out Against Church Abuse Is Wrong, I Don’t Want To Be Right
A number of people have expressed concern (to put it mildly) about my response to Tim Challies’s post on Sovereign Grace Ministries and the lawsuit filed against SGM last week. These concerns fall into two main categories: Should I have made strongly-worded statements specifically about CJ Mahaney and Sovereign Grace Ministries? Should Christians speak out…
Read MoreHow Tim Challies Got “Thinking Biblically” Wrong (and How We Can Do Better)
Updated with more information about Tim Challies’ claim not to be part of SGM. Much has been written recently about allegations of sexual abuse by people within Sovereign Grace Ministries and the allegations that SGM leaders have covered up instances of child sexual abuse and/or prohibited investigation and/or prosecution of those abuse cases. Most recently,…
Read MoreEasy RSVP To Learn More About Healthy Weight
On Friday I shared my Life:Unmasked story about conquering the vicious cycle of gaining, losing, and regaining weight. It has been a slow and steady improvement, but that’s the kind of improvement that sticks. Several of you expressed interest in learning more via two online discussions I’m hosting this Wednesday and Saturday. But, the RSVP…
Read MoreI Should Know Better: On Faking It, Cynism, and Putting People on Pedestals
This is the story of the internal conflict between two different painful church experiences I’ve had. On the one hand, I remembered vividly how difficult it was to live out my flawed life in front of a group of people with high expectations of me. On the other, I had peeked behind the curtain so…
Read MoreIf Not “Sola Virginity,” What Do We Teach? Part 1 of 2
Many articles in the past few weeks have critiqued the damaging messages about sex and marriage passed on by conservative churches. They emphasize virginity alone so heavily it a sixth “Sola” – Sola Virginibus or “by virginity alone.” [The Protestant Reformation rallied around what we call the “five solas:” “Sola Scriptura” (Scripture Alone); “Sola Gratia” (Grace Alone); “Sola Fide” (Faith Alone); “Solus…
Read MoreOn Virginity: What I Did and Did Not Mean
Earlier this week, I wrote in a post for A Deeper Story that the probability of marrying a virgin is low, but that this should not lead anyone to despair. I talked about three myths perpetuated by the Virginity or Purity culture about the supposed benefits of abstinence and the supposed consequences of premarital sex.…
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