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Justice
This post is a bit more frank and forward than some of my previous posts. It expresses my pain and anger at the lack of justice in this world.
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Self Worth and Sin
Despite what your church may teach, you are not worthless nor are you wicked.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 13
Chapter Fifteen: Discipline Issues (Part Two) While the previous chapter focused on a specific parenting “problem,” this chapter covers a variety of common childhood misbehaviors. All of which the author assures us are easily able to be controlled by proper parenting. He provides a list of these misbehaviors in the opening portion of the chapters:…
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4th of July
The Fourth of July is here. And with it comes a lot of mixed emotions. I was raised in American nationalism all through my life into my early 20s. I grew up with my life being shaped by 9/11, and the wave of American pride and nationalism that came after it. I watched my father…
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 12 (Independence and Choice)
In this chapter Gary Ezzo explains how young children are often allowed too many choices. He then argues that a parent MUST make the choices for a child. And the child must learn to accept their parents decisions.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 11 (Repentance)
Gary Ezzo instructs on how to restore a parents relationship with their child after a discipline session.
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Pro life to pro choice
As someone who has spent much of their life on the pro-life side of the abortion argument, I thought it would be worth sharing how I came to change my mind on the topic. I’m not trying to yell at anyone or debate them, but I am trying to share my own journey. And hopefully…
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 10 (Gary’s Views on Spanking)
This blog post is about Gary Ezzo’s book Growing Kids God’s Way. With a specific focus on the author’s views on spanking as a form of discipline.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 9
Growing Kids God’s Way “Chapter 11 Discipline With Correction” Gary Ezzo lays out the levels of correction and punishments used to discipline children.
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Conspiracies and Fundamentalism
A post on the relationship between fundamentalism and conspiracy theories.
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Is Pensacola Christian College A Cult? – Part 1
Is Pensacola Christian College a cult? Comparing PCC’s treatment of students to Steven Hassan’s BITE Model of Authoritarian Control. This post focuses on the first point – behavior control.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 8
Peers, Property, Nature, and Obedience. Chapters 8 and 9 of Growing Kids God’s Way.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 7
Growing Kid’s God’s Way. Chapter 7. Respect for the Elderly. In which Gary Ezzo introduces parents to the interrupt rule and mandated use of titles and last names.
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Fear and Salvation
Assurance in salvation. How can someone really know that they are saved? And my fears and anxiety around this question from my times as an evangelical.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 6
Chapter 6. Gary Ezzo speaks on Parental Authority and a parent’s mandate to hold their children to a level of respect.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 5
Part 5 of my series on Gary Ezzo’s Growing Kids God’s Way. This portion focuses on Gary’s views on morality.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 4
Gary Ezzo’s “Growing Kid’s God’s Way” Chapter 3-4. Love Languages and a father’s mandate.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 3
My thoughts and concerns on Growing Kid’s God’s Way – Chapter 2 “Right Beginnings” Within this chapter Garry Ezzo warns of the dangers of child-centered parenting and stresses the importance of the parent’s marriage.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 2
Continuing my book series on “Growing Kids God’s Way.” Moving on to the first chapter in which Gary Ezzo focuses on biblical morality.
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Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 1
An exploration of the book “Growing Kids God’s Way” from the eyes of an outsider.
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Religious Guilt and the Total Depravity of Man
Some thoughts on my own religious guilt regarding sin. Or my scrupulosity as I view it now in retrospect.
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Not a “true” Christian
My thoughts on the argument that exvangelicals or ex-Christians were never truly saved or even Christians in the first place.
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Abeka History and Faith
History lessons and Faith. I look over an abeka history textbook and how it portrays Christianity vs. other religions.
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“It’s Just People”
Harm in the church, and why people may not just “find another church.”
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What You Gave Up
What have you given up for your faith? Do you regret it? Would you change anything if you could?
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