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or, If God Has a Wonderful Plan for My Life, Why Am I Suffering? From my files: September 2008. My long-time readers know that the best way to get a post out of me is for somebody to ask me a thoughtful question. That hasn’t happened as much lately as it used to, but the other [...]
Today on a blog that discusses issues of spiritual abuse– the blog in question is directed to survivors of a high-control group that puts a lot of emphasis on finding God through physical suffering, righteous living, and other forms of legalism– a very interesting question was raised in this post: If you purposely choose to practice [...]
[From my archives.] Ah, those good old Pharisees. They’ve been dead and gone for centuries, yet we never tire of talking about the dangers of their beliefs. I’ve lost count of the number of sermons I’ve heard, articles I’ve seen, and books I’ve read that in some way or another caution the Christians of modern days [...]
A lot of people seem to read the Bible this way: [Note: that's apparently an actual book, oddly enough, but the following is not any kind of review or comment on it; I haven't read it and don't plan to.] God’s Little Instruction Book. Sounds pretty good, no? You want to know what [...]
This is a follow-up to my post “Hypocriticism”, which pointed out some of the causes and effects of Christian hypocrisy. Both were first published in August 2008. I should have known. It’s dangerous to write about hypocrisy, because that gets you thinking about it, and that gets you looking for it. And then [...]
When I was in high school, I worked under a man who for some reason didn’t like me. So he decided to sabotage my career. He spread false stories about me behind my back, saying that I wasn’t a good worker. He insulted me in front of my friends. He managed to get me written [...]  Background: My brother, knowing my love for all things hymnology, got me a volume of the Letters of John Newton for my birthday this year. It’s less about the origin of hymns such as “Amazing Grace” and more about the amazing grace that made up a part of his day-to-day thought and discussion. [...]
(Starring Samuel L. Jackson as the aptly named Sir Not-Appearing-in-This-Film)
In the Roman world of Jesus’ time, there were many moral problems. There were famines, wars, diseases. There was harsh poverty and decadent luxury. There was political corruption, intrigue, abuse of authority. There was embezzlement, treason, armed insurgents who plotted [...]
bugaboo \’bə-gə-bü\ n. 1. an imaginary object of fear 2. an imaginary goblin or specter used to excite fear “…If I know anything of the truth of God, then the objectors to Christianity, so far as I am acquainted with them, do not; their arguments, not in themselves false, have nothing to [...]
Guilt, shame, and condemnation. Unspoken rules you have to live up to. Authoritarian leaders you can’t ever question. An exclusive “us-vs.-them” mentality. Subtle or not-so-subtle pressure to fit in. Barely veiled manipulation and peer pressure tactics. Fear of doing the wrong thing. Public rebuking if you do. Warnings against what will happen if you ever [...] |
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