I hear story after story of young girls questioning their female identity solely because they didn’t fit in with outward cultural feminine expectations of dress (fixation over hair, makeup, dresses)
The church doesn’t help in this area
We love to talk about being countercultural but then Christian women normalize femininity from the culture instead of Scripture. We love to pretend modesty is just about covering body parts but in others areas of expressing our femininity, we ignore the principles of 1 Tim 2:9-10
Jun 29, 2022 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
I wasn’t always a believer
Prior to the age of 33, I lived a very non-faith autonomous driven life as a means to self protect from a life of childhood abuse, sexual violence and feelings of unworthiness
Now that I’m a believer, my faith is not compartmentalized from my lived life. I don’t know how to do that nor do I want to
I try not to address any issue from a strict political point of view and don’t even bash women who aren’t Christians but seek abortions. I never do that.
Mar 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The majority of Christian men who affirm the ‘men are visual’ lie tend to:
1) currently struggle w/porn 2) have in the past struggled w/porn 3) was exposed to sexually explicit material from 10-20 yrs of age (the earlier the exposure, the more ingrained the belief)
4) learned it from secular research who push evolutionary theories of origin & void of acknowledging the creation account
5) heard it promoted by pastors who were trying to be scientifically integrative in their pastoral approach
Oct 13, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Asking if a church would be affirming or welcoming towards a particular expression of sexual sin is like asking
“will this church welcome or affirm my adultery?”
“Will this church welcome or affirm my thievery?”
“Will this church welcome or affirm my desire to consume porn?”
“Will this church welcome or affirm my pedophile inclinations?”
Why don’t we ask that frame of questions about other sins?
It seems the question people REALLY want to ask…..
“Will this church ACCEPT my homosexual behavior?”
Oct 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
If you’re a Christian & u got the vaccine & had zero side effects or complications, praise God
Just don’t assume every body is like your body
Some just don’t want to play Russian roulette with their health for an illness that is recoverable
If you did, that was YOUR choice
And don’t assume it’s 100% safe for everyone just cuz it was safe for you
Yes, we are all made in God’s image but the fall effects all of our bodies differently
We all, positively or negatively, take care of our bodies differently
Your care of your body is not the standard
Oct 12, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The vaccines don’t stop the transmission or the spread.
With other vaccines that took years to develop and had long term safety trials, the end result was actually stopping an initial infection and not having the capacity to transmit.
This vaccine does neither
If children still got mumps, rubella, chicken pox, small pox, or any number of illnesses & at times still died from these sickness after being heavily inoculated as babies, we’d question why even vaccinate.
May 6, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
CRT says: Racism is embedded in our institutions, systems, and culture.
The Bible says: Sin is embedded in our institutions, systems, and culture
CRT says: retell stories of hardships & disparities, aka “lived experiences” in order to humanize the lives of BIPOC
The Bible says: retell the story of God’s faithfulness despite ALL being sinned against by others; retell testimonies of the lives of regenerated saints
Apr 14, 2021 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
If we look upon those who think differently than us concerning social justice as unconverted, in a state of enmity against God and his grace, they are a more proper object of our compassion than of our anger. Remember: “He knows not what he does.”
But you know who has made you to think differently, if God, in his sovereignty, had not given you clarity, you might have been as they are now; and they instead of you be the one trying to defend the gospel.
Apr 12, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Our generational history tell us where we’ve come from but it does not dictate where we are going
Domestic violence was in my early childhood home. After they divorced, frequent physical abuse part of my elementary & Jr high years. Being bullied was part of my Jr/Sr high years
Sexual violence was part of my late teens. Homelessness w/ two toddlers of my own was my early twenties.
Domestic violence in my first marriage was my late twenties.
And that’s just the “pretty parts”
Oct 23, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Those of us familiar with the term coyote since CHILDHOOD know that those who pretend to care about illegal immigration really don’t & are using this issue to bash THIS administration but blatantly ignore that most of the harmful exploitative evil acts come from across the border
To assume that all the various Latin American cultures operate on the same human dignity value system is immature at best & grossly naive, even by those who claim to be educated. The fix isn’t to bring them all to the US, as a “Christian missionary charity” effort to win souls.
Oct 23, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
With 1 mil followers on Twitter, Piper knows his words influence, even as he writes he’s not trying to do that. If Piper posted this after the election, it might have been more effective, but....
.....to use Greek & Scripture reference to attempt to shame Trump supporters for wanting to vote for an arrogant man in comparison to voting for an open racist long term politician who approves of baby murder under the term “reproductive health”. This feels like pastoral abuse.
