EDJ
Evangelical Deconstruction Journey
I am pondering something… Does shame have any place or validity in our lives?
About 20-24 years ago I was clinically depressed, a failed perfectionist, trapped in legalism and self-hatred. I was also very much “overweight” and convinced I was “ugly” and no one would …
I’m super curious, what do you believe about “right” and “wrong” on your deconstruction journey?
I grew up deeply concerned about reading the Bible every day, not swearing, abstaining from sex, being polite and kind - doing unto others as I would have them do unto me. …
Deconstructing purity culture, for me, has been about understanding that grace covers our decisions about our bodies and our sexuality.
I abstained from partnered sexual activity until age twenty-seven and from penetrative sex until I was thirty-two years old. I longed …
I believe that we are saved by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8). So the only “condition” on my salvation is that I put my faith in God's ability to save me rather than in my works or in my theology or even in my faith (i.e. I don't have to have “enough faith” or “more faith” because Jesus actually has …
There is a story in the Bible referred to as: “The woman caught in adultery.” I would like the rename it: “The woman caught having sex outside marriage.” We don’t know what kind of “adultery” it was. This could simply have been a case of sex before marriage. She could have been a married woman with …
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