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Highs (and Lows) of High School Ages 15-18 (Part 5)
CW: SA, SI, Depression, Purity Culture A bit of Background The Deckerville First Baptist church was in the middle of a church split when we first started attending. Context of the church split, a mother had approached the new lead pastor Jed Willis about her son who was “living in sin.” What was this man’s…
Adventures in Odessey, Bible, Bible Church, CCM, Cedarville University, Christian, Christianity, Church, CPS, David Lee, Deckerville Bible Church, Deckerville First Baptist, depression, DnD, Evangelical, Faith, Family Force Five, Focus on the Family, God, Guilt, Home School, Homeschool, Homeschooling, HSLDA, Isolation, Liberty University, Lori Alexander, Pensacola Christian College, quiverfull, Satanic Panic, Shame, SI, System of a Down, Vision Forum
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Speaking Up
The author details their experience with neglect and abuse in their fundamental Baptist community. They highlight the dismissal of responsibility or compliancy in the abuse, and evangelicals’ reliance on faith or the afterlife for justice. They call for accountability and urge others to speak out against harm in their communities, emphasizing the need for safe…
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Obedience / To Train Up a Child
The content discusses experiences and reflections on abusive child-rearing practices advocated by Michael Pearl and Gary Ezzo, emphasizing the damaging effects of instant and complete obedience training on children’s emotional well-being and relationships with their parents.
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Rocking for Jesus
It’s odd listening to music from my teen years. Bands like Flyleaf, Skillet, Pillar, and Thousand Foot Krutch were my “rebellious music” I listened to in high school. But I took a listen back now, and the topics and themes are really quite similar to the message I was getting in my church. I was…
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Growing Kids God’s Way: Part 14
Growing Kids God’s Way – Chapter 16, Chapter 17, and Epilogue
Anne Marie Ezzo, Appeal Process, Begging, Belief, Child, Children, Christian Nationalism, Ezzo, Ezzos, Faith, Gary Ezzo, GKGW, God, Growing Kids God's Way, Homeschool, Homeschooling, Kids, Nationalism, Parent child relationships, parental authority, Parenting, Parents, Raising Kids, Religion, Spirituality
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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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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 8
Peers, Property, Nature, and Obedience. Chapters 8 and 9 of Growing Kids God’s Way.
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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 4
Gary Ezzo’s “Growing Kid’s God’s Way” Chapter 3-4. Love Languages and a father’s mandate.
Freedom From Fundamentalism 