Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi *** Nehemiah 5:1-13 Now the men and their wives raised a great outcry against their Jewish brothers. Some were saying, "We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 30, 2015
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A Wife’s Personal Story: So, Let’s Actually Talk about What “Extramarital Affairs” Really Look Like
*** Josh Duggar, A Wife's Personal Story, Extramarital affairs and the church *** The topic of adultery has been in the news a lot lately. The Ashley Madison hack revealed that Josh Duggar of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting show had two paid memberships. Duggar is now in some treatment program (Inside Josh Duggar’s rehab facility for sinners)… Continue reading A Wife’s Personal Story: So, Let’s Actually Talk about What “Extramarital Affairs” Really Look Like
SSB Gathering – August 23, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi *** James 2 My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 23, 2015
How has the Josh Duggar Scandal affected you? Are you experiencing painful reminders?
Josh Duggar, sex scandal, painful reminders, homeschool movement, patriarchy, purity and modesty culture, Bill Gothard *** *** With the recent disclosure of sexual infidelity by Josh Duggar, I have been noticing a lot of people who have been influenced by Patriarchy, Quiverfull, Bill Gothard, Homeschool Movement, etc, trying to make sense of what is going… Continue reading How has the Josh Duggar Scandal affected you? Are you experiencing painful reminders?
SSB Gathering – August 16, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi *** Psalm 92 It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the ten-stringed lyre and… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 16, 2015
SSB Gathering – August 9, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Romans 12: 9-21 Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor,… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 9, 2015
SSB Gathering – August 2, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Luke 18: 9-17 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax… Continue reading SSB Gathering – August 2, 2015
Is it Okay for Christians to Say “RIP” Regarding the Death of an Unbeliever?
How should Christians respond to the death of an unbeliever?
What Can Happen to Sex Abuse Survivors When They Are Not Believed or Supported?
Sex abuse survivors need to be believed and supported What happens when sex abuse survivors spend years trying to tell others of their abuse and it is met with deaf ears? What happens when family and friends turn their backs and ignore the abuse? In the next personal story, we will read a response to… Continue reading What Can Happen to Sex Abuse Survivors When They Are Not Believed or Supported?
SSB Gathering – July 26, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Luke 15: 11-32 Jesus continued: "There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of the estate.' So he divided his property between them. "Not long after that,… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 26, 2015
This is a Repent- and Rebuke-Free Zone
*** This is a repent- and rebuke-free zone. *** *** Tonight, I banned these words from the Spiritual Sounding Board Facebook page after someone rebuked another commenter and also told the same commenter to repent. The repent word was used in the middle of a debate on homosexuality. While the person saying it may have been legitimately… Continue reading This is a Repent- and Rebuke-Free Zone
SSB Gathering – July 19, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Luke 15: 1-10 Now the tax collectors and "sinners" were all gathering around to hear him. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." Then Jesus told them this… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 19, 2015
Piper’s New Glasses and Seeing Clearly after Wearing Distorted Lenses of Spiritual Abuse
*** Seeing Clearly Again after Spiritual Abuse *** Have you seen this video which has been spreading around? It is the cutest thing ever and shows a precious baby, Piper, who does not want her mama to put on her new glasses. But after she gets her new glasses on, Piper's face lights up as she hears… Continue reading Piper’s New Glasses and Seeing Clearly after Wearing Distorted Lenses of Spiritual Abuse
SSB Gathering – July 12, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Luke 7: 36-50 Now one of the Pharisees invited Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went to the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. When a woman who had lived a sinful life in that town… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 12, 2015
There is a Pedophile in My Family: The Tools I Gave My Children to Protect Them from Harm
*** Tools to Help Protect Children from Pedophiles and Sex Abuse *** After reading, A Betrayal at Home, an article on incest and child sex abuse, I became angry - angry about trusted individuals who should have been loving and protecting precious children, but instead silenced and victimized children by abusing them sexually, sometimes destroying their lives emotionally… Continue reading There is a Pedophile in My Family: The Tools I Gave My Children to Protect Them from Harm
SSB Gathering – July 5, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Psalm 24 The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it, for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. Who may ascend the hill of the… Continue reading SSB Gathering – July 5, 2015
SSB Gathering – June 28, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Matthew 20: 17-28 Now as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said to them, "We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be betrayed to the chief priests… Continue reading SSB Gathering – June 28, 2015
SSB Gathering – June 21, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Psalm 146 Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live. Do not put your trust in princes, in… Continue reading SSB Gathering – June 21, 2015
Public Apology
*** Early this morning, I posted an article (now removed) sent by a guest poster regarding the ongoing situation at The Bridge Fellowship. The article implicated a popular Christian country radio station, HLE. After the article was published, I received an e-mail from Hunter Logan of HLE who said they (HLE) have never had any affiliation… Continue reading Public Apology
SSB Gathering – June 14, 2015
Spiritual Sounding Board – This is your place to gather and share in an open format. by Kathi Matthew 9: 1-13 Jesus stepped into a boat, crossed over and come to his own town. Some men brought to him a paralytic, lying on a mat. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Take heart,… Continue reading SSB Gathering – June 14, 2015
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