A few months ago, I got into hot water with a bunch of the Christian abuse survivor advocates when I publicly disagreed with Sheila Wray Gregoire’s use of the word “prophet” to describe the late Rachel Held Evans. While Rachel was a deeply insightful woman who rightly called out a lot of the abuse that goes unchecked in the American church, in my opinion, she was also pretty blasphemous, ultimately preaching forms of salvation outside surrender to the lordship of Christ, endorsing overtly heretical ideas such as trans ideology.
Thanks for sharing. Elizabeth Elliot was a remarkable woman in many ways. Your comments do not erase that, but point to blind spots in her as well as abuse by some of the men in her life and to oppressive elements in the framework in which both she and they lived and served.
Thanks for sharing. Elizabeth Elliot was a remarkable woman in many ways. Your comments do not erase that, but point to blind spots in her as well as abuse by some of the men in her life and to oppressive elements in the framework in which both she and they lived and served.
Great thoughts. I think your conclusions are spot on. Our daughters deserve better and Jesus is never glorified by the abuse of an image-bearer.
Why on earth did that mean keep his wife from her grandchildren? That's unnatural cruelty.
The dead don't deserve only good words. Like all of us, they deserve the truth, especially if their legacy is still hurting the living.