Marriage is a safeguarding issue
It is my growing belief that the church cannot credibly defend marriage unless it grapples with the perils inherent in […]
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Firelight, The church and consentLight in Grey Places
Kpop Demon Hunters as a masterclass on hope
I can think of few images more full of hope than the idea that the forces of darkness are defeated
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Hope in the arts, Sunlight
An update on the last four years (and the next 12)
It’s official. I’m not putting my pen down yet. And my blog is presentable again.
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My blogging, Starlight
How Jesus explains divorce and adultery (it’s about treachery, not sex)
There are many myths about what Jesus said on divorce and adultery. In this post, you will learn the number
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Firelight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament
Was Deuteronomy written by Moses?
Ultimately we can never go back in time and prove who exactly wrote, edited and redacted Deuteronomy. I set out some of textual evidence that supports late authorship.
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Deuteronomy 22, Firelight, The Bible and other studies
But I’m a Cheerleader: The Musical. Fun, relevant and sex-positive. I’d pay to see it again.
When I told my friend I was going to see the musical of But I’m A Cheerleader, she said, ‘Wait, is
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
Is sex without consent still sex?
Your answer will depend on what you think sex actually is. And you’d be surprised how many different definitions are
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#metoo, Firelight, The church and consent
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
Some thoughts on being an asexual Christian married woman
This is a long-overdue post in response to those who’ve asked me to write something about asexuality and theology. I
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My faith, Sunlight
Why Love & Respect’s CHAIRS acronym isn’t about genuine respect
I show how the CHAIRS acronym, which Eggerichs uses as a reference for respect, is more about self-importance than self-worth.
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Firelight, The church and consent
Children of prophecy and prayer in the Bible: which parent did God tell first?
By my count, there are 13 stories of special pregnancies or prophecy over newly-born babies in the Bible. For each of them, I ask which parent did God tell first?
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Sunlight, The Bible and other studies
Does the Bible speak against marital rape? Yes… I think it’s hidden in Jesus’s teachings on divorce.
Content note: this post discusses purity culture, divorce and marital rape. EDITED TO ADD: I wrote this in 2021 as
Paul’s letter to his prodigal daughter (and the paradigm shift hidden within 2 Corinthians 10–13)
In 2 Corinthians, I see allusions to one of the harshest laws in Deuteronomy concerning women, sex, and virginity – and yet, there is no violence in Paul’s letter.
Proving My Virginity: Deuteronomy, Pap Smears, and the Hymen Myth
In writing this post, I was one of the Top 15 2020 CBE Writing Contest winners. This article first appeared in
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Deuteronomy 22, Moonlight, Virginity in the Old Testament
I wrote a two-act stage-play about the prodigal son’s mother, step-mother and half-brother. Wanna read it?
People have asked about the prodigal son’s mother, but I’ve never heard anyone ask what Jesus’s parable would look like
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
Transformation isn’t powered by love, but by a person. A few thoughts on the Holy Spirit (and my favourite Disney movie).
The rose she had offered was truly an enchanted rose, which would bloom until his twenty-first year. If he could
What was the Hebrew word when David committed adultery and does it imply anything about Bathsheba’s consent?
TL;DR two different Hebrew phrases are used and no, neither one implies that Bathsheba consented. CONTENT WARNING this post discusses
The prodigal and prostitutes – and the surprise gender-flip in Jesus’s parable
For a little while, now I’ve been furrowing my eyebrows at one particular line in Jesus’s parable of the prodigal
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Moonlight, Sex (and divorce) in the New Testament, Virginity in the Old Testament
The six most satisfying decisions I made in 2020
I want to remember some of the positive things that came out of 2020. Disclaimer: I’m sharing this post because
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My blogging, Starlight