Spiritual Sounding Board - This is your place to gather and share in an open format. Image courtesy of Nanea Hoffman at Sweatpants and Coffee -by Kathi This will not be the typical Sunday post. These last two days have been a roller coaster of emotions and I don't have it in me to do… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – May 26, 2019
Category: SPIRITUAL SOUNDING BOARD
Christ Saved the World through Redemption, Not Condemnation
What's interesting is if you address these people and question the way they are attack you and your beliefs, they quip they are telling you this in love and they are being Biblical. It never feels like love. It's rude. It seems like a clanging cymbal to me. Love is patient and kind, right?
SSB Sunday Gathering – May 19, 2019
This is your place to gather and share in an open format.
Book Review Series – “The Excellent Wife” by Martha Peace – Chapter Six – Perfect in Image, Lacking in Glory
Because only men can bring glory to God, the husband will always be the head of the wife.
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SSB Sunday Gathering – May 5, 2019
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Spiritual Brewpub Podcast: Michael Camp Interviews Julie Anne Smith on Spiritual Abuse in the Church
Julie Anne Smith shares with Michael how she got slapped with a $500,000 lawsuit, uncovered abuse in her church and among evangelicals, and how patriarchal theology harms women. Hear this lively conversation as they discuss the prevalence and roots of spiritual abuse . . .
Book Review – “Christians in a Sex-Crazed Culture” by Bill Hybels – Part 3 – The Unrepentant Confidant
All in all, this book suggests that Bill, from a young age, had a problem with sex and how he sexualized women. The writing seems to be a self-fulling prophecy.
SSB Sunday Gathering – April 28, 2019
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi *** Scripture is taken from the Book of Common Prayer, Readings for Easter Season, Year 1 and may be found here. Psalm 113 Praise the Lord. I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – April 28, 2019
SSB Sunday Gathering – April 21, 2019
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Good Friday, Notre Dame, and Resurrection
The spiritual abuse I experienced will only be a blip in my life's story, and it doesn't define who I am, just as Notre Dame's 2019 fire does not define it. Abuse is part of my story and has shaped me, and has produced life-changing fruit.
Book Review – “Christians in A Sex-Crazed Culture” by Bill Hybels – Part 1 – Identifying the One Who is Sex Crazed
During a later anniversary celebration Bill and Lynne [Hybels] stayed in a hotel room described as: "Socially, it was positively scandalous; morally, it was absolutely decadent; theologically, it was totally depraved."
SSB Sunday Gathering – April 14, 2019
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Spiritual Abuse: How Unsanctioned Friendships Can Enable People to Leave High-Controlling Churches
"They taught me that sometimes the exit door of an abusive church is held open by the gracious hands of friends who have nothing to do with church, or even with Christianity, but who simply would never turn their back on a friend."
SSB Sunday Gathering – April 7, 2019
This is your place to gather and share in an open format. You can share your church struggles and concerns.
SSB Sunday Gathering – March 31, 2019
This is your place to gather and share in an open format.
Book Review Series – “The Excellent Wife” by Martha Peace – Chapter Five: Wives, if You Experience Abuse, Acknowledge Your Sin
"A wife who is a victim of abuse should not be forced to think about how her "sinful actions" contributed to abuse. This constant reminder of sin can keep a victim trapped in an abusive marriage longer than she should be."
Liberty University President Jerry Fallwell, Jr. and His Tireless Twitter Tirades
Ruth Graham tweeted: "This man is a college president and one of the most prominent evangelical Christians in America."
SSB Sunday Gathering – March 24, 2019
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. Photo credit: Kathi -by Kathi *** Scripture is taken from the Book of Common Prayer, Readings for Lent, Year 1 and may be found here. Psalm 96 Sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth.… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – March 24, 2019
SSB Sunday Gathering – March 17, 2019
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. -by Kathi *** Scripture is taken from the Book of Common Prayer, Readings for Lent, Year 1 and may be found here. Psalm 29 Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the… Continue reading SSB Sunday Gathering – March 17, 2019
