Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Supposedly, Billy Graham imposed this rule on himself: never to meet alone with a woman who wasn't his wife. The Billy Graham rule is used by legalistic men to keep women at a distance from important discussions in churchianity. "He had no concept how to be my friend." — The Billy Graham Rule Gone Wild,… Continue reading The Billy Graham rule, avoid all appearance of evil, and keep women out of the loop
This post from James started out as private correspondence (which I, Barb, was privy to) between James and a mutual friend of ours. It focussed on "Power corrupts", what gets corrupted and how. When politicians and pastors exercise extreme control, they use their authority to mislead, coerce, micro-manage and oppress people. In this post, James… Continue reading Left and Right Brains — the delusion and pride of left-brain dominated thinking
Someone can hear the story of the Gospel, fashion in their own strength their imagination of the story, remember the story, and think: "I believe — I have faith". That person has believed in a story faith, but their heart and nature has not changed. Their spirit is not reborn. That person will always be… Continue reading Story Faith Blindness – part 7 of series on blindness and deception
Jesus harshly condemned the religion of the Pharisees. In this series, Ps Jeff Crippen goes through the book of Matthew highlighting what Jesus said about the mentality, nature, tactics and teachings of oppressive religion that the enemy of our souls has so often introduced among the people of God. Ps Crippen also gives many examples… Continue reading Religion of the Pharisees Digest
The rejection of Sola Fide is related to #MeToo because a faith-plus-works doctrine of salvation creates an abuser-friendly environment in the church. In the past few weeks there have been two streams of stories that have dominated Christian circles. The first is the debate [Internet Archive link] concerning Sola Fide and the second is the #MeToo campaign in… Continue reading The connection between #MeToo and the rejection of ‘salvation by faith alone’ (Sola Fide)
July 9, 2022: This post was initially closed to comments on the ACFJ blog, although comments were open on the ACFJ Facebook page. To read the comments on the ACFJ Facebook page, click here. The lack of comments on the post on the ACFJ blog doesn't accurately reflect readers interest in the post. Pastor Jim… Continue reading Another abuser-enabling, victim-enslaving book: Jim Newheiser’s “Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage”
A Cry For Justice 