If the Apostles had been women — a parable about double standards for suffering oppression

Peta! When you were mocked, you answered back to those who mocked you! But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.” But Peta, standing with the eleven, lifted up her voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my… Continue reading If the Apostles had been women — a parable about double standards for suffering oppression

He is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.

Does that title sound harsh and judgemental? Many Christians think it's wrong to describe a person — for example, a man who abuses his wife — as such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him. But those words are a quote from the Bible. We have become milksops when we can't call a spade… Continue reading He is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.