Are we the baddies? On Luther, anti-Semitism and how Christians can work on their blind spots
This is a personal reflection on how I became aware of some of my theological blind spots, and what the church didn’t tell me about Luther.
The church and exclusion
About doctrinal statements that I just can’t even with (and those that I can)
Sometimes it seems a statement of faithIs a state of unfaith,A badly built gateTo shut down debate. Christine Woolgar Maybe
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Firelight, My faith, The church and exclusion
Gregoire, Grudem and grounds for divorce: why didn’t Jesus mention abuse?
For people who suffer marital abuse, divorce is a significant and important way for them to escape harm (or at
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Firelight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament, The church and exclusion
Everything wrong with the Nashville Statement: Article 01: the meaning of marriage
You remember the Nashville Statement, right? No? OK… Imagine Martin Luther in 1517 when he nailed his 95 theses to
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Firelight, The church and exclusion
Potatoes and scandalzzz: what to make of Rachel Jankovic’s relentless book promotion?
Making a financial success of a new book is not an easy business in the age of the internet, especially
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Sunlight, The church and exclusion
On Dobson, domestic violence and DARVO dynamics
CONTENT NOTE: This post discusses the dynamics of domestic abuse and victim-blaming. A few years ago I was volunteering for
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#churchtoo, Abuse dynamics, Firelight, The church and consent, The church and exclusion
What exactly is this ‘preaching’ MacArthur speaks of, that he says it’s categorically beyond all women?
John MacArthur was recently asked what he thought of Beth Moore. In addition to telling her to ‘go home’, he
Evangelicals can’t sanitise Vicky Beeching’s conversion exorcism as badly worded prayers
When I first read the interview in which Christian singer-songwriter Vicky Beeching came out as a lesbian (after a substantial
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Firelight, The church and exclusion
When we don’t explain the Trinity, the gospel gets ugly (especially for wives)
Last week, I met up with a good friend, also a blogger, whose areas of interest overlap with mine particularly
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Firelight, The church and exclusion, The church and hope
To stay or to go? On church, LGBT+ affirmation, and uncomfortable places
(Sheet music from a Cadiz by Isaac Albeniz – complete with notes from my piano teacher) Imagine being in the
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Firelight, The church and exclusion
Priestesses in the church? Why CS Lewis’ argument was right, but his conclusion wrong
Originally published in 1948, CS Lewis’ essay “Priestesses in the church?” makes the argument that if women represent God to
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Firelight, The church and exclusion
45 reasons why the culture behind #ChurchToo fails to understand consent
With the recent trending of the hashtag #ChurchToo, people are sharing their experiences of abuse in the church. Meanwhile, others
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#churchtoo, Abuse dynamics, Firelight, The church and consent, The church and exclusion
An open letter to Nate Sparks on leaving evangelicalism
Dear Nate, I wondered what I should I do when I read your recent post about your sense of lament
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Firelight, The church and exclusion