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Do Conservative Evangelicals Have Better Sex and Less Abuse? Our Response to Josh Howerton

I've got an awesome example of how stats can be misused today! And why it's important when we hear someone who isn't trained in statistics using studies to "prove" their point, when the point sounds like a stretch, to actually check their sources.  In February, Dallas...

At the End of a Week of Sorrows: Feed My Lambs

This was one of those weeks that leaves everyone gasping for air and searching for hope. It started off with two things dropping on Monday: The Southern Baptist Convention report on sexual abuse, which was devastating, and the viral video from a church in Indiana...

The Southern Baptist Convention’s Sexual Abuse Report

Callous and smug. That's the impression I got about those high up in the Southern Baptist Convention after reading the report that dropped on the weekend about the sexual abuse scandal in the denomination, and how it has been ignored, covered up, and minimized, while...

A 7 Point Plan for the Church to Care for Victims, not Support Abusers

What happens when we stress forgiveness over authenticity and confession? I want to start this morning with the story that got me thinking in this direction, and then propose 7 guidelines for how we, as Christians, handle taking sides when abuse is made public....
Is Your Pastor a Shepherd or a Hired Hand?

Is Your Pastor a Shepherd or a Hired Hand?

Some pastors are not simply unsafe; they are downright dangerous. And some church elder's boards, church's women's ministries, and denominations in general are downright dangerous. We had a horrible example of that earlier this month when John Piper posted a terrible...

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