“If you know that women under your care are struggling to believe you value them, you don’t team up with a man who disparages women every other sentence. This is not rocket surgery.” 👊🏻
So many great points. In full disclosure, I don't mind being thought of as fringe, but I don't think chemtrails are that anymore. 😁 This subtle pervasiveness of leaving our brains at the door and just trusting whoever has been put in leadership is a long term problem rooted in fear of man that we in the Church are long overdue in dealing with. Thanks so much for doing that.
To my thinking, the most important line in this strongly-worded (appropriately so) essay is this one:"even the language of faithfulness can be leveraged as a weapon of unfaithfulness." Your description of Al Mohler in this situation with Doug Wilson, is a perfect example, Kaeley, of this sad statement of fact. Thanks for your persistence in calling out this all-too-familiar distortion of biblical truth.
Ms. Harms is right about Wilson, of course-- I have been saying this publicly myself for over 25 years-- but why do you think someone vastly more mainstream evangelical as Mohler has seen fit to associate with him now?
A problem as old as religion itself, and thus doubly depressing to see dressed up in contemporary misogyny.
You're a damn good writer.
So very well said!!
This is spot on:
“If you know that women under your care are struggling to believe you value them, you don’t team up with a man who disparages women every other sentence. This is not rocket surgery.” 👊🏻
Thorough, thoughtful, well composed and much needed. Thank you. (And thank you for marrying my uncomplicated friend.)
So many great points. In full disclosure, I don't mind being thought of as fringe, but I don't think chemtrails are that anymore. 😁 This subtle pervasiveness of leaving our brains at the door and just trusting whoever has been put in leadership is a long term problem rooted in fear of man that we in the Church are long overdue in dealing with. Thanks so much for doing that.
To my thinking, the most important line in this strongly-worded (appropriately so) essay is this one:"even the language of faithfulness can be leveraged as a weapon of unfaithfulness." Your description of Al Mohler in this situation with Doug Wilson, is a perfect example, Kaeley, of this sad statement of fact. Thanks for your persistence in calling out this all-too-familiar distortion of biblical truth.
You are right, Kaeley. Absolutely right!
Ms. Harms is right about Wilson, of course-- I have been saying this publicly myself for over 25 years-- but why do you think someone vastly more mainstream evangelical as Mohler has seen fit to associate with him now?