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In Which I Talk About Spiritual Abuse
Two years ago I went looking for a way to make sense of my experience growing up in an evangelical church that had some great teaching and absolutely wonderful people, but that also had some weird...
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Fred Phelps and Forgivenes
The day after Fred Phelps, controversial leader of the hateful Westboro Baptist Church, passed away last week, a dear and wise friend of mine posted this on his Facebook timeline: “Forgiveness is an...
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When Repentance Isn’t
High profile Christian leaders are dropping like flies these days. First went Bill Gothard, founder and leader of the hugely influential Institute in Basic Life Principles. He was accused by more than...
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God’s Got Your Back?
I keep seeing and hearing this. It shows up in Facebook posts and on Christian radio, in Internet memes and bromides of every sort. This little saying, “God’s Got Your Back” is meant to encourage us by...
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On Millennials and trigger warnings
My friend Roxzana, an outstanding English literature teacher, sent me this piece from the National Review and I started thinking about it. I know: take cover, right? The gist of the article is that the...
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How does a Christian magazine end up posting a letter defending statutory rape?
A week ago, the Christianity Today (CT) imprint, Leadership Journal (LJ), published a letter written by a man in jail for statutory rape of a teenage girl in his youth group. It was published as a...
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