Posts Tagged ‘apologetics’
Sharing Your Faith . . . Without Losing Your Friends
November 2nd, 2011 by Jonalyn
Talking about God is more like slicing carrots than cooking them. You’ve got to be careful with that knife and the more time you take the better. Pressure does great things for cooking carrots and building faith, but it does nothing for sharing it. Pressure Free If we’re pressured for time, friends or approval, we [...]
Tags: apologetics, food, loving Jesus, spiritual growth
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Coffee Shop Conversations: Making the Most of Spiritual Small Talk
September 28th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Have you found it difficult to talk to others about your faith? Dale and I realized we needed to think harder and write more on this subject. A few years I authored “Boutique Religion” a Fledge series (spiritual formation articles on how to be Positively Human) with tips on communicating Jesus’ message to those we [...]
Tags: apologetics, friendship, reviews, spiritual growth, writing/speaking
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When a Man You Love Was Abused – Book Review
August 17th, 2011 by Jonalyn
There is a silent epidemic among the men we know and love. For every six men, one has been sexually abused. Why read a book on men and sexual abuse? To put it simply and confidentially, I know men who have been sexually abused. I want to understand them and love them better. I’ve pored over [...]
Tags: apologetics, body, family, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage, pain, reviews, sex, vulnerability
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In Pain . . . Blessed are You
July 26th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Now I know Jesus wasn’t a masochist, but when a childhood friend drops you like a hot potato, when she tries to hurt you and talks behind your back, when she makes your life miserable and you consider unfriending her on facebook (gasp!) when you want to move toIceland to get away, where does Jesus get [...]
Tags: apologetics, loving Jesus, pain, spiritual growth, vulnerability
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Evangelical Feminist?
July 10th, 2011 by Jonalyn
Caryn Rivandeniera posts on the trouble with Democrats including evangelical feminists as serious biz at Her-meneutics blog hosted by Christianity Today. My favorite quote came when she pulled from Anne Graham Lotz (Bill Graham’s daughter), a woman who has had men turn their backs to her while she spoke to mixed audiences. In her Washington [...]
Tags: apologetics, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, politics
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“You’re Only a Woman”: Spiritual Abuse and the Independent Fundamental Baptists
April 14th, 2011 by Jonalyn
The father is the hammer. The mother is the chisel. The child is the stone (please note changes from email). I don’t receive theology from a woman. When Eve gave Adam theology, the whole word got damned to hell. The Bible says man is the head of the wife. The Bible was written by men. [...]
Tags: apologetics, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, loving Jesus, pain, ruby slippers, spiritual growth, writing/speaking
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Interviews on Writing, Speaking and Controversy
December 3rd, 2010 by Jonalyn
Most of my friends, the longtime ones, would tell you that my plans as a young woman don’t look like my life today. I didn’t want to go to college, instead I wanted to be married fairly young. I wanted to teach at a public high school until I got pregnant. I wanted to have twelve–yes [...]
Tags: apologetics, family, feminin/masculin-ity, Gender Studies, marriage, motherhood, politics, prejudice, ruby slippers, writing/speaking
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