Here is a list of some of the best blog posts I read in January-February that pertain to the themes of Jesus without Baggage. I hope you find a few articles here that are interesting and useful to you. Have a great day!
~Tim
Loving Others
My Son Shot 10 Amish Girls In a Pennsylvania Schoolhouse by Terri Roberts
Legalism, Sin, and Behavior
Can Morality be a ‘Defense’ of Christianity? by Lana Hope
Depravity: The Sickest Thing I Used to Believe by Josh Way
Old Slogan: “Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin” vs New Slogan: “Love People, Forgive the Sin” by Bible-Thumping Liberal
Myth #11 “The Penalty For Sin Is Death” Don Francisco Website
Substitutionary atonement distorts the good news by Chuck Queen
Inerrancy and Reading the Bible
Unsystematic Theology by Josh Way
Breathing new life into troublesome Christian ideas by Evangelical Liberal
Reading the Old Testament Historical Books by Pete Enns
How to Cherry-Pick the Bible by Matthew Distefano
Is The Bible Lying? by Dan Wilkinson
Angry God
Reframing the Question of Jesus and Divinity by Josh Way
Hell
What I’m Going To Tell My Daughter About Hell by Josh Way
Isaiah 14 and the Real “Lucifer” by Josh Way
So Much Bigotry Comes Down to the Doctrine of Hell by Lana Hope
If Hell Is Real, Why Did God Wait So Darn Long To Warn Us About It? by Benjamin Corey
Gays and the Church
Christians, You Do NOT Have Permission to Condemn LGBT by Susan Cottrell
LGBTQ – God is NOT Mad at You and Never Has Been by Susan Cottrell
What Do You Do When Your Son Is Gay? by Susan Cottrell
How the Daughter of a Focus on the Family Executive Came Out as Gay by Amber Cantorna
No, Franklin Graham, LGBTQ Children Are Not The Enemy by Benjamin Corey
Creation and Evolution
Are Ruminants Derived from a Common Ancestor? by Natural Historian
An Armadillo Test Case of YEC Post-flood Dispersal Speed by Natural Historian
Extreme Fundamentalism
What does brainwashing do? by Jonny Scaramanga
Homeschooling
How “The Village” Illustrates Isolated, Fear-Based Homeschooling by Eleanor Skelton
Isn’t This Why We Don’t Send Them to Public School? by Eleanor Skelton
Socialization Isn’t a Freaking Joke by Samantha Field
About My Homeschool Success Story by Libby Anne
Child-rearing
Dear Christian Parent: Please Don’t Try To Break Their Will by Benjamin Corey
Purity Culture
Not a Nice Story: the crushing of girls in fundamentalism by Darcy
Abuse
Bill Gothard’s Abuse is not a Surprise by Lana Hope
He Never Left by Val Flynn
6 Reasons To Reveal Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dr. Margaret Rutherford
An ATI Education, Final Chapter: Guilty Silence by Sara Jones
Israeli Oppression of Palestinians
5 Reasons We So Blindly Support Israel in Spite of the Truth or Biblical Ethics by Benjamin Corey
Other Topics
Becoming an apprentice by Karen
Let’s Talk About John 14:6 by Josh Way
Why I Am Still a Christian by JR Daniel Kirk
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good to see the hs stories on here. You are very kind to acknowledge this part of fundamentalism.
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I plan to write a series on extreme fundamentalism–perhaps later this year.
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The post about how a daughter of a Focus on the Family executive was actually by Amber Cantorna. It was just crossposted onto the HA site by Eleanor Skelton. 😉
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Thanks Eleanor. I try to be very careful about this sort of thing, but I missed this one. It is now corrected.
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It’s all good. ^^ We all help each other out.
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Also.
How “The Village” Illustrates Isolated, Fear-Based Homeschooling by R.L. Stollar
Isn’t This Why We Don’t Send Them to Public School? by Wende Benner
Both of those are by me, crossposted by Ryan and Wende.
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Wow! I missed those, too. They are corrected.
When compiling these lists, it is sometimes weeks after I have read the article. I guess I need to look more carefully for cross-posts. Thanks again.
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Oh yeah. ^^ Very understandable.
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Very helpful links, thanks for doing this.
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Thanks David. You’re welcome!
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