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Our Lord cracked a whip and turned tables over because in what was meant to be God’s house and a safe place for His sheep was a place of exploitation of the lambs. They were being robbed of a refuge in the house of God.

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The UK has now issued a travel warning for the US: possible arrest or detention for failing to meet entry requirements.

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Look what just came in the mail! It releases on April 8th but you can pre-order now. Here is the endorsement I wrote for Aimee’s new book: “What a gift this book is to those who have been hurt in and by the church, those who long for a place to be seen and known. Out of her own painful story 1/2

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Being married doesn’t make you an expert on marriage or sex. Being a pastor doesn’t make you an expert on marriage or sex. Being a former sex addict doesn’t make you an expert on porn. Yet Christian publishers constantly tout authors as “experts”—when they’re not. Let’s demand more.

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Happening now in Texas: Cindy Clemishire, whose disclosures led to the indictment of megachurch pastor Robert Morris, is testifying in favor of a bill that'd ban NDAs in settlements for sexual abuse lawsuits.

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Systems that cover up abuse through deception, coercion, or abuse of power mimic the perpetrator and re-victimize the victim. Tragically, many lives have been sacrificed on the altar of secrecy for the sake of the church or the mission.

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This isn’t rocket science, right? If he has the tie-breaking vote, then her opinions don’t matter as much. And when she feels like her opinions don’t matter? Marital satisfaction craters. Check it out in The Marriage You Want! baremarriage.com/the-marriage...

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Again & again, the Southern Baptist Convention has squashed oversight-oriented reform efforts. Now closure of DOJ probe ends another possibility for abuse accountability. A post-mortem from @liamsadams.bsky.social with #SBCtoo survivor quotes. #ThisistheSBC www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...

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Paul warns us not to participate in the deeds of darkness but instead to expose them (Ephesians 5:11). Understand that you cannot singlehandedly change an entire system; you are not called to do so. Yet we are to speak truth about our systems.

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Horrifying

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“If allowed to snub federal courts, the Trump regime will have morphed into a dictatorship. What else can you call a regime that snatches potentially innocent people off the street, drops them off into a foreign hellhole, rejects judicial review, and boasts about it?” New from Jen Rubin.

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Nooooooooo 😱 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/h...

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We actually take Jesus at His word when He said to judge things by their fruit. We surveyed 7000 people to see what actually creates intimacy, closeness, and fun for our new book The Marriage You Want! Learn what aspect of marriage dwarfs sex and money in importance!

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Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.. They’re throwing away a cure for cancer. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

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It appears that Tim Whitaker and The New Evangelicals had some ulterior motives for not taking the evidence and reports of Tony Jones's abusive actions seriously... Whitaker is coming out with a book in August, too... More info here: tnereckoning.com.

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Today, a woman at church reminded me that she'd followed my blog for years. My personal story of spiritual abuse helped her in her own spiritual abuse journey. Telling your personal story may help many who are trying to make sense of what they experienced.

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The sad irony of our unconstitutional moment is that the perspectives of foreign students can be particularly valuable when foreign affairs dominate American discourse. It’s a dreadful thing to declare to immigrants or foreign students, “Welcome to the land of the free: Now watch what you say.”

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It's still early, of course, but I do wonder if one consequence of Trump 2.0 will be to cure Europe's recent flirtation with the far-right. They're seeing what the new right looks like in power, and it's very ugly and incompetent.

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“Patriarchy really can’t continue without women. And then eventually, you become a perpetrator yourself.” —Tia Levings on the “Divorcing Religion Podcast.”

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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

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GOOD NEWS: I know this was a huge concern for many of us. Recommendations are in line with WHO and the supply and timeline should be on track!

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A recent Lifeway Research analysis finds that New England is the sole region where Southern Baptists gained congregants overall from 2018 to 2023. However, this region is only home to 2% of SBC-affiliated congregations; DE, RI, and NH report fewer than 30 SBC churches. julieroys.com/the-northeas...

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Ad seen in London

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Don't miss our coverage of the Democracy Movement—highlighting how Americans all across the country are stepping up to defend democracy. Today’s feature includes protests in NY against Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful detention, Tesla protests in PA + one protestor's clever use of wordplay.

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From @michaelreand.bsky.social: “Empathy suppression is what helped Eichmann and others to steel themselves in the face of other people’s suffering to carry out their military duties… religionnews.com/2025/03/12/e...

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Robert Morris, the former Texas megachurch pastor and Trump spiritual adviser, has been indicted on child sex crimes. "After almost 43 years, the law has finally caught up with Robert Morris for the horrific crimes he committed against me as a child," his alleged victim told me.

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“These indiscriminate cuts are not just a policy failure. For us, especially, as followers of Christ, as uncomfortable as it may be, we must clearly … but prophetically, say: it is also a moral failure.” religionnews.com/2025/03/11/e...

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The Marriage You Want launches today! It's time for a safe, healthy Christian marriage book--that's evidence-based! Come help me spread the word, so we can change the convo about marriage in the church! baremarriage.com/2025/03/the-...

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We THINK it’s in the Bible. But it’s not. Instead, the Bible tells ALL of us to care about others, to be gentle & humble & kind. Our CULTURE has made this a female trait; the Bible does not. And neither does our new book The Marriage You Want--which launches TOMORROW!

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Please never forget. And I grieve that instead of becoming a better humanity because of the suffering, we became worse. May God forgive us. May we find a path toward repentance and repair. www.npr.org/2025/03/11/g...

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"Look for the times that women’s ministry events are held and whether they are all during the day with the assumption that their husbands make more than enough for their family on a single income that lets the wives have the capacity to participate during the day." 👀 - @tisaiahcho.bsky.social

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Ruth was my editor when I contributed to the Post. She’s the best, as a human being and a journalist. I can’t imagine how painful to her the destruction of the institution to which she devoted her amazing career as a reporter, editorial writer, and editor must be. It’s heartbreaking.

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In a note to colleagues, WaPo’s Ruth Marcus says she resigned from the paper after CEO Will Lewis killed a column she wrote expressing concern about the direction of the paper’s opinion section

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What does it look like to live a life of faith when every time you turn on the news or open social media you encounter the Firehose’s relentless blast? King Hezekiah and his leaders model four responses that show the way with startling relevance. open.substack.com/pub/revchris...

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Thesis: some of the tradwife business is daughters being frustrated that their mothers couldn't do it all. The anger is directed at mothers, when it should be directed at the system.

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The Trump regime "has actively dismantled the infrastructure the country relies on to detect & confront deadly pathogens... We are sure to regret it." - @craigspencer.bsky.social The Diseases Are Coming. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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