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Five Consequences of Misapplying Scripture

Five Consequences of Misapplying Scripture

Mar 13, 2018 | ,

A few weeks ago I did a mini-series on my Instagram stories regarding the misapplication of popular bible verses – verses like Jeremiah 29:11. The ensuing conversation in my community was both exciting and discouraging. In one sense, it was exciting to see how many believers recognized the problems with taking verses out of context and misapplying them. But it was saddening to see how many people had learned these verses in their wrong context, and how many of them were overwhelmed and discouraged when they found out this was the case.

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A Biblical Approach to Body Shame

A Biblical Approach to Body Shame

Dec 22, 2017 |

For the last episode of Uniquely Woman in 2017, Lisa and I are jumping back in for a full-length episode on body image. We tackle what the Bible says the body is, lies we believe about our bodies, and how we each work on overcoming body image issues.

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Worth the Wait: Geneva’s Home Birth Story

Worth the Wait: Geneva’s Home Birth Story

Nov 21, 2017 | ,

The little girl cooing in the bassinet joined us only four weeks ago, but with each passing day we love her more than the one before. Geneva Anne joined us on October 21st. She took her time getting here, and judging by her personality so far, that will be par for the course (unlike her sister Adeline, who had to be two weeks early and continues to operate on a packed social schedule and abundant extroversion). As I finally sit down to share her birth story, I see the grace of God for her specific entry into the world – the same way Adeline’s birth was the grace we needed for that season.

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Dear Christian: Become the “Spiritual Leader” You’re Looking For

Dear Christian: Become the “Spiritual Leader” You’re Looking For

Apr 26, 2017 | ,

The words “spiritual leader” are synonymous with Christian dating culture. If you’re a single Christian woman, you’ve been taught, told, and everything short of commanded to only date men who are spiritual leaders. We talk about this as if the term is actually written in Scripture (it isn’t, though it’s insinuated: Eph. 5:22-23, 1 Cor. 11). The result? A confusing, limiting conversation that is straying further and further from the biblical model of church and family structure.

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Passively Pro-Choice: How Sin Kills the Pro-Life Mission

Passively Pro-Choice: How Sin Kills the Pro-Life Mission

Jan 31, 2017 | ,

Christians talk a lot about sexual purity. We talk a lot about being pro-life. Yet we’ve ignored the chasm of understanding between these two issues – issues that are integrally connected not just in reality, but in our spiritual lives. We brandish our “pro-life” monikers as if it’s a given – we’re Christians, after all! – yet fail to understand what sanctity of life looks like day-to-day.

The truth is this: “Pro-life” is not just a political viewpoint. It is a lifestyle.

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Tattooed Pharisees: How the New Legalism is Wrecking the Church

Tattooed Pharisees: How the New Legalism is Wrecking the Church

Jan 10, 2017 | ,

There was a time when legalists were easy to identify.

They were the ones more interested in “Sunday best” than repentant hearts; more concerned about music and movies than an inner transformation. They judged by outward appearance and were, in turn, judged lacking in both truth and grace.

Gen-Xers and millennials know them well. We grew up hearing about them, and watched the church shift and buckle under the weight of change. It was a good change, for the most part. It exposed things. It revealed how church had become more about doing and being “good” than about God being good in us.

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What If Your Sexuality Was Your Evangelism?

What If Your Sexuality Was Your Evangelism?

Oct 10, 2016 | , ,

Purity has a cost: It is uncomfortable, unpopular, and difficult at times. Purity is why I no longer wear leggings as pants, don’t watch many TV shows, and rarely read fiction. I don’t do these things because they are inherently evil. I made these choices as I grew in spiritual maturity. The closer I press to the heart of God, the less I think of my Christian “liberty” and the more seriously I take my Christian responsibility.

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