If you have been following the story of the allegations of sexual abuse and cover-up within Sovereign Grace Ministries, you have probably come across the term “discernment blogs.” I honestly don’t know where the term originated, but it is used frequently by those in support of SGM. (In fact, members of SGM churches were specifically …
You might have seen this diagram of Bill Gothard’s umbrella of protection floating around the internet or Facebook. It is a visual that summarizes Gothard’s teachings on the hierarchy in the church and home. According to him, living under God’s umbrella assures protection. Peering Underneath the Umbrella: Musings on Gothardism by Dulce Chale is an …
Karen alerted me on Facebook to an interesting discussion taking place on a few different blogs and asked what I thought. As I was reading through all the relevant articles, I decided to just start jotting down some thoughts here as I was going. Here are the articles I read although I am only going …
The restrictions put on women’s functioning in the church by complementarians generally come down to a few key verses. As I’ve written before, most people read the entirety of the Scriptures through the complementarian filter of those few verses. Because they believe those verses must be true as they are literally read, they dismiss anything …
Felicity at Simply Church has a short but thought-provoking post entitled The Hemiplegic Bride. She cites the following: In China, around 80% of house churches are planted by ordinary women In India there is a significant harvest being reaped by women of all castes. Two years ago, I met two women–ordinary, middle aged housewives–one of …
Dee and Deb over at The Wartburg Watch are discussing the infamous list by Wayne Gruden that we’ve discussed before: But What Should Women Do In the Church? In their post, Wayne Grudem: 83 Biblical Rules for Gospel Women, a commenter named “Looking for You” posted the following. Ha. Well, in the patriarchal church I …
Have you ever stopped to ponder that in many Christian circles men and women are told in premarital counseling that they are entering an adversarial relationship? They are. It is very common and I believe it causes many problems down the road. In Christian premarital counseling, a woman is instructed that part of the curse …
