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17th June 2022 A pastor in `Texas has sparked outrage recently by saying gay people should be lined up and shot in the back of the head. Reading the commentary on this on the internet I noted how quick those who believe that being gay is sinful were to distance themselves from this guy, with …
Thursday 22nd December 2019 I am not a piece of used sellotape that’s lost it’s stickiness (1)I am not a dirty piece of chocolate that’s been passed from hand to hand, that nobody wants to eat. (2)I am not an old, worn out toothbrush.(3)I am not a lump of chewed gum (3)I am not a …
Thursday 15th December 2022 I’ve already written extensively on the links between a non-LGBTQ+ understanding of our faith and a theology that at best minimises rape. LGBTQ+ people have become the Christian equivalent of Godwin’s law: Whilst secular abusers say “at least I’m not Hitler” Straight Christian wrongdoers will justify their abusive behaviour with “at …
Thursday 24th November 2022Abusive attitudes and beliefs aren’t built overnight, they’re not the result of one faulty doctrine or one bad preacher. It’s more complicated than that. Our ideas may seem good in principle but when applied to an abusive situation can be harmful. It can be just a small part of a teaching that’s …
Thursday 17th November 2022 I almost didn’t write this post. When we’re talking about theology that creates abusive attitudes complimentarianism- the notion that God gives men and women different roles, seems so obvious it’s hardly worth discussing. I’m also convinced that, men in particular who believe that women should have a different role to them …
Thursday 10th November 2022 I first met my boyfriend when I was a self-righteous, judgmental 19 year old, he went out with my housemate, not me. 20 years later we met again, and now, almost five years later we’re very happy together. I don’t believe our knowledge and understanding of God is limited to the …
Thursday 3rd November 2022 In my last post in this series I talked about the Christian image of a violent God, and how that provides justification for male violence.Not content with portraying God as violent, some of our theology also portrays God as coercive.If the church is the bride of Christ, then Christ is a …
Thursday 27th October 2022 “Til on that cross, as Jesus diedThe wrath of God, was satisfiedFor every sin, on him was laidHere in the death of Christ I live.” (from In Christ Alone by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend) I love belting out that anthemic hymn, I’ve always thought it sounds like the theme tune …