Category: Spiritual Abuse
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When They Rewrite the Past
I was trembling inside as I walked into the church for my grandma’s funeral. With traumatic memories of church and family swirling through my mind, my children and I made our way into the sanctuary and found our seats. I was going to sit down, but I felt duty-bound to shake off my fear and… Read more
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Sila Lott’s Harmful Advice for Finding a Husband (That is Definitely Not in the Bible)
Misusing Scripture A friend recently shared an article titled “How the Wives of the Bible Met their Husbands” by Sila Lott. The article is full of harmful advice, stemming from a fundamental misunderstanding of the biblical stories and the cultures from which they originated. Additionally, it relied on proof-texting to assign meanings to the stories… Read more