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Freedom – It’s Not A Gift

What does it mean to live in a country, a world with people unlike us?  When we celebrate our freedom today, are we doing the word justice?  Are we doing people justice?  And when we cloak our freedom in the garb of Christianese, are we doing damage?

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True Womanhood – Cookies and Chains

  Growing up, my grandma always kept the cookie jar stocked.  Oftentimes, it was with molasses cookies.  Which are disgusting.  But, apparently, that’s not a common reaction.  “What?  How can you not like her molasses cookies?  They’re the best!” I’ve noticed a similar attitude coming from this study and the idea of true womanhood.  We’re…

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True Womanhood – Compassionless Christianity

  {I apologize for the length of this, the length of the quotes. But I want people to know what’s in this study, and how pervasive the uncompassionate attitude is. I think if people are going to attend this study, or churches are going to promote it, they should know what they are promoting, because…

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True Womanhood – June Cleaver as Jesus

“The fundamental premise of feminism is that women need and can trust no other authority than our own personal truth.” Creating a culture of idolatry was probably not anyone’s goal, but I think in the desire to make their point, the True Woman movement has done so.  They tell us the idol of June Cleaver…

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True Womanhood – Affirming Female Ordination?

  One of the things I dislike most about fundamentalism is that it automatically pits people against each other. I hate that the premise of this study is, if you don’t agree, you don’t have the truth, and your faith in Jesus is questioned. “…knowing those truths, and they are truths, about biblical womanhood, how…

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True Womanhood – Death to Certainty

  “A true woman is a true human being who, at her best, displays all the best qualities of humankind.  Other than the physiological differences, a woman who puts her mind to it can do anything a man can do.” So says a random woman on the street.  Hey, something in the study that I…

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True Womanhood – Why Airplanes Aren’t In the Bible

  It’s one thing to talk in generalities about millenials leaving the church, to read books and ponder the reasons why.  But it’s another thing to have one person talk about specific reasons why they’re teetering on the edge.  I think so, anyway.  But I’m just that one person.  Maybe this won’t actually mean much….

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Choosing People Over Beliefs

  I changed my profile picture yesterday.  There was some personal backlash from conservative family members. A woman I used to go to church with, and haven’t talked to in years, posted a couple of times yesterday on my wall, explaining to me what the gospel really means, and who salvation is really for. People…

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