If you’re wondering why I haven’t blogged about the present conflict in the Middle East, there are a number of reasons: For one thing, I’m smart enough to know what I don’t know.
This totally resonates with me. The idea that loving the neighbor means having no boundaries is a pernicious lie. Unsurprisingly , it benefits evil and evil doers more than anyone.
In actuality, loving the neighbor means setting healthy boundaries based in a moral understanding, and defending them with the kind of moral intelligence that allows for empathy even as it insists on integrity. Jesus was not a doormat. Let us strive to live in His image and likeness rather than rewrite His story and miss the point.
The most frustrating thing for me is the disingenuousness of the rhetoric that you are talking about. It's mostly coming from people who are not believers in anything remotely related to a faith of any kind. Ironic since most of morality is predicated on the 10 commandments or the teachings of Jesus who, if I'm not mistaken, said he was the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. Most of them are completely blind to the fact that they've internalized much of it with no understanding. So, it's no surprise that they are blind to the fact that it's been twisted for political or financial purposes. Conspiracies aside, there is no argument that nothing pays quite as well as outrage. Maybe sex? but sex comes with baggage and pitfalls that outrage doesn't for the media. They get to point the finger elsewhere.
Thank for this welcome clarity. I have been struggling with some pretty toxic Christian takes about the terror in Israel, including from my own church. They veer from the inanity of the "love is love is love" variety, to calls for immediate ceasefires and loving our enemies, which dance pretty close to being anti-semitic. It's been incredibly depressing to see excuses for sheer evil masquerading behind a mask of supposed love.
I love your raw, transparency post. I totally agree with your statement, "demonic rot known as “Christian” patriarchy."
I recommended a scholarly book on the history of patriarchy through the centuries, how women were impacted in the church and how her own husband as a SBC pastor, lost his position of 14 years after challenging the status quo of patriarchy. The author is a PhD professor of history at Baylor University. Check it out.
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth https://a.co/d/54Yf7K9
This totally resonates with me. The idea that loving the neighbor means having no boundaries is a pernicious lie. Unsurprisingly , it benefits evil and evil doers more than anyone.
In actuality, loving the neighbor means setting healthy boundaries based in a moral understanding, and defending them with the kind of moral intelligence that allows for empathy even as it insists on integrity. Jesus was not a doormat. Let us strive to live in His image and likeness rather than rewrite His story and miss the point.
excellent article. Thank you for posting.
Yeah and amen.
thank you for this. I suppose you'll get blasted but not by me.
The most frustrating thing for me is the disingenuousness of the rhetoric that you are talking about. It's mostly coming from people who are not believers in anything remotely related to a faith of any kind. Ironic since most of morality is predicated on the 10 commandments or the teachings of Jesus who, if I'm not mistaken, said he was the fulfillment of the law and the prophets. Most of them are completely blind to the fact that they've internalized much of it with no understanding. So, it's no surprise that they are blind to the fact that it's been twisted for political or financial purposes. Conspiracies aside, there is no argument that nothing pays quite as well as outrage. Maybe sex? but sex comes with baggage and pitfalls that outrage doesn't for the media. They get to point the finger elsewhere.
Thank for this welcome clarity. I have been struggling with some pretty toxic Christian takes about the terror in Israel, including from my own church. They veer from the inanity of the "love is love is love" variety, to calls for immediate ceasefires and loving our enemies, which dance pretty close to being anti-semitic. It's been incredibly depressing to see excuses for sheer evil masquerading behind a mask of supposed love.
I love your raw, transparency post. I totally agree with your statement, "demonic rot known as “Christian” patriarchy."
I recommended a scholarly book on the history of patriarchy through the centuries, how women were impacted in the church and how her own husband as a SBC pastor, lost his position of 14 years after challenging the status quo of patriarchy. The author is a PhD professor of history at Baylor University. Check it out.
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth https://a.co/d/54Yf7K9