5 Reasons For Church Small Groups to Replace “Transparency” With “Integrity”
1. There are no Biblical guidelines for “transparency,” but there are for integrity Transparency is an extra-Biblical concept. In church small group it usually seems to mean “being willing to tell us about your sin,” and I think it’s based on James 5:16, which...Reason Trumps Emotions? 90% of Evangelicals Say Yes
It wasn’t a formal survey, by the way. It’s just that when I asked 25 friends, 22½ of them agreed. (So, to be clear, that survey part was a little joke.) Anyway . . . It seems that this belief is seen as true especially for those who have been influenced by so-called...Happy Complicated Mother’s Day
Today I’m remembering and holding close in my heart the friend and loved one . . . . . . who doesn’t know how she’s going to raise her child(ren) because she can’t make ends meet after leaving her abuser to save their lives. I pray that good-hearted others will want...Paige Patterson called an abuse advocacy group “as reprehensible as sex criminals”
Did you hear about the movie Spotlight? It won Best Picture in 2015. It’s a true story about an investigative reporting team from the Boston Globe who uncovered systematic hiding of sexual abuse and abusers in the Catholic Church. The Spotlight team accomplished their...
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