Illusionists! The abusers we have not seen
Some illusionists fool us to amuse us. Abusers and abusive systems fool to control. How to recognize the illusionists we have not seen.
Treachery and divorce: When God sees betrayal
If you've been betrayed by a spouse: The Lord has been there. He hates treachery. He calls out the treacherous. And he defends the betrayed.
The Lord who breaks open the way
“She cannot say that!” the woman yelled. Half a world from my home, she forbade me to invite the churched to repent. Then, we watched the Lord break through.
Celebrity culture in the church
It’s alluring, deceiving and so pervasive you may live and breathe it, and not see it. How to recognize celebrity culture in the church.
The silencing of women and the snorts of God
In 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, God silences women and Paul affirms it, right? What if God and Paul both snort at the idea – and we haven't known?
Submit to such women in the Lord
The greetings in Paul’s New Testament letters – the ones translators have altered and we often bypass – affirm women, as well as men, who minister as true servant leaders.
Where have all the women gone? (in Paul’s letters)
What hides the presence of women alongside men in the new Testament, and especially in Paul's letters? Where have all the women gone?
To the exiles scattered by toxic church
Maybe the church has become bewildering to you. Leaders you trusted and people you respected are acting in ways that do not reflect who Jesus is, nor what they profess to believe. They have turned on anyone among them who appears to threaten the status quo. What is going on?
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Beware the illusion of refuge: Abuse in the church
Leaders in our church systems can create an illusion that refuge for the abused exists, where it does not. How can we recognize when this is happening?
Witchcraft in the church
When people manipulate, intimidate, dominate in the church – that’s witchcraft. See how it looks and how fully it can fool us.