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A blog about finding my way out of Christian fundamentalism.

  • 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.

    June 4, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Book Reviews, Growing Kids God's Way, NJ’s Posts
    Chastisement, Discipline, disobedience, Ezzo, Forgiveness, Gary Ezzo, Growing Kids God's Way, Parent child relationships, parental authority, Parenting, regret, Religion, repentance, restoration, sin, Spanking
    Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 11 (Repentance)
  • 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…

    May 27, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    NJ’s Posts
    Abeka, abortion, Belief, Christian Nationalism, Christianity, Faith, pro choice, pro life, Religious Rights, Roe, Roe v. Wade
    Pro life to pro choice
  • 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.

    April 4, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Book Reviews, Growing Kids God's Way
    Abuse, Belief, Bible, Chastisement, Child Abuse, Child Liberation Theology, Child Parent Relationships, Corporal Punishment, disobedience, Ezzo, Gary Ezzo, Growing Kids God's Way, Liberation Theology, pain, Parent child relationships, parental authority, Parenting, Physical Punishment, Punish, Punishment, Punitive Justice, Rod, Rod of Correction, Rod of Reproof, Scripture, Spank, Spanking, theology, Violence
    Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 10 (Gary’s Views on Spanking)
  • 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.

    April 3, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Book Reviews, Growing Kids God's Way, NJ’s Posts
    Belief, Child Parent Relationships, Christianity, Christians, Corporal Punishment, Correction, Discipline, Evangelical, Ezzo, Faith, Fundamentalism, Gary Ezzo, GKGW, Growing Kids God's Way, Judgement, Justice, Parent child relationships, parental authority, Parenting, Punish, Punishment, Punitive Justice, Raising Children, Raising Kids, Spanking
    Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 9
  • Conspiracies and Fundamentalism

    A post on the relationship between fundamentalism and conspiracy theories.

    April 2, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Church, Family, NJ’s Posts
    Bible, Black and White Thinking, Church, Conspiracies, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Theories, Faith, Faith and Science, Fundamentalism, Illegal Immigration, politics, Q, QAnon, Religion, Science, YEC, Young Earth Creationism
    Conspiracies and Fundamentalism
  • 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.

    February 18, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Independent Fundamental Baptist, NJ’s Posts, Pensacola Christian College
    BITE model, control, Corporal Punishment, cult, Faith, Faith Community, Fundamentalism, IFB, PCC, Pensacola, Pensacola Christian College, Religion, religious abuse, spiritual abuse, theology, Traditionalism
    Is Pensacola Christian College A Cult? – Part 1
  • Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 8

    Peers, Property, Nature, and Obedience. Chapters 8 and 9 of Growing Kids God’s Way.

    February 5, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Book Reviews, Growing Kids God's Way, NJ’s Posts
    Belief, Child Parent Relationships, Faith, Gary Ezzo, God, Growing Kids God's Way, Kids, Obedience, obedience to authority, Parent child relationships, parental authority, Parenting, Raising Children, Scripture
    Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 8
  • 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.

    January 22, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Book Reviews, Growing Kids God's Way, NJ’s Posts
    Belief, Bible, biblical, biblical literalism, Faith, Gary Ezzo, Growing Kids God's Way, Literalism, Obedience, Parent child relationships, Parenting, Religion, Scripture
    Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 7
  • 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.

    January 10, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Deconstruction, NJ’s Posts
    Anxiety, Belief, Bible, Church, Deconstruction, Doubt, eternal damnation, eternal life, exvangelical, Faith, Fear, God, heaven, Hell, hellfire, Religion, salvation, Scripture, testimony
    Fear and Salvation
  • 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.

    January 8, 2022

    N.J. McConnachie

    Book Reviews, Family, Growing Kids God's Way, NJ’s Posts
    Abuse, Belief, Child Parent Relationships, Corporal Punishment, Deconstruction, Discipline, duty, exvangelical, Faith, Family, Family dynamics, Family life, Fear, Morality, Obedience, Parent child relationships, parental authority, Parenting, Punishment, respect, Scripture, victims
    Growing Kids God’s Way – Part 6
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