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Had a trigger memory today when Willow Creek's Global Leadership Summit came up. At the time I was similtaneously disturbed and gaslit by how much everyone loved it, but in retrospect, wow, was that ever theologically vapid, utterly demoralizing stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Had a trigger memory today when Willow Creek's Global Leadership Summit came up. At the time I was similtaneously disturbed and gaslit by how much everyone loved it, but in retrospect, wow, was that ever theologically vapid, utterly demoralizing stuff.
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It’s all so, so awful. And yet he retired to his beach house to live out the rest of his days . . .
May 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
It’s all so, so awful. And yet he retired to his beach house to live out the rest of his days . . .
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Trying to work on a chapter about the systematic abuse of children in evangelical spaces and you know what sucks? (I mean, everything sucks about this topic and process).
So many of the folks who were whistleblowers and who were paying attention to lawsuits are conservative Christians.
So many of the folks who were whistleblowers and who were paying attention to lawsuits are conservative Christians.
May 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Trying to work on a chapter about the systematic abuse of children in evangelical spaces and you know what sucks? (I mean, everything sucks about this topic and process).
So many of the folks who were whistleblowers and who were paying attention to lawsuits are conservative Christians.
So many of the folks who were whistleblowers and who were paying attention to lawsuits are conservative Christians.
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Then, our deep dive on Hunt vouching for Ravi Zacharias in 2018 amid early allegations against Zacharias, and how that mirrors other pastors vouching for Hunt in 2022. www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
How Christian leaders Johnny Hunt and Ravi Zacharias used key alliances to combat allegations
With a return to ministry amid abuse allegations, former SBC president Johnny Hunt gave similar support to late Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias.
www.tennessean.com
April 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Then, our deep dive on Hunt vouching for Ravi Zacharias in 2018 amid early allegations against Zacharias, and how that mirrors other pastors vouching for Hunt in 2022. www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...
The Anglican Church of Australia is, as we all know, an irredeemably toxic, cowardly institution.
Bishop Richard Condie has disclosed that the Anglican Church of Australia has recently paid $17.5 million to victims of child sexual abuse by clergy.
An Australian judge described the yrs of abuse as "heinous crimes committed by [means] of terrible breaches of trust."
julieroys.com/anglican-chu...
An Australian judge described the yrs of abuse as "heinous crimes committed by [means] of terrible breaches of trust."
julieroys.com/anglican-chu...
Anglican Church in Australia Admits 'Heinous Crimes' Against Minors, Pays Out $17.5 Million
Bishop Richard Condie of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, an island state of Australia, has expressed remorse about sexual abuse by clergy.
julieroys.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The Anglican Church of Australia is, as we all know, an irredeemably toxic, cowardly institution.
New Willow Creek Senior Pastor Shawn Williams has never owned nor apologised for his vicious public betrayal of the many woman harmed by unrepentant sexual predator founder Bill Hybels. churchleaders.com/pastors/past...
March 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
New Willow Creek Senior Pastor Shawn Williams has never owned nor apologised for his vicious public betrayal of the many woman harmed by unrepentant sexual predator founder Bill Hybels. churchleaders.com/pastors/past...
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What is an Asian Girl worth?
Can you point to where Ravi Zacharias owned a health spa?
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open.substack.com/pub/robinjes...
Can you point to where Ravi Zacharias owned a health spa?
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open.substack.com/pub/robinjes...
what is an asian girl worth?
We may never know the truth about Ravi Zacharias. Why not?
open.substack.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What is an Asian Girl worth?
Can you point to where Ravi Zacharias owned a health spa?
👀
open.substack.com/pub/robinjes...
Can you point to where Ravi Zacharias owned a health spa?
👀
open.substack.com/pub/robinjes...
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Christian apologist and sex predator Ravi Zacharias was aided in his monstrosity by the incompetent leadership at his ministry.
A new report shows that they used nearly $1 million in donations to sue a victim and provided no serious oversight.
A new report shows that they used nearly $1 million in donations to sue a victim and provided no serious oversight.
November 13, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Christian apologist and sex predator Ravi Zacharias was aided in his monstrosity by the incompetent leadership at his ministry.
A new report shows that they used nearly $1 million in donations to sue a victim and provided no serious oversight.
A new report shows that they used nearly $1 million in donations to sue a victim and provided no serious oversight.
HI @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social May I pretty please have a copy of your article "A calculated attack on clergy abuse: challenging patriarchal power at Willow Creek Community church"?
March 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
HI @khansonwoodruff.bsky.social May I pretty please have a copy of your article "A calculated attack on clergy abuse: challenging patriarchal power at Willow Creek Community church"?
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Hillsong Church’s presence in the U.S. continues to shrink, now down to just five campuses after Hillsong San Francisco announced its departure. Following years of scandals, 11 of its 16 U.S. locations have cut ties with the Australia-based megachurch.
julieroys.com/hillsong-san...
julieroys.com/hillsong-san...
Hillsong San Francisco Announces Departure from the Global Church
Hillsong Church has now dropped to five U.S. campuses, as their San Francisco church is leaving the global Australia-based megachurch.
julieroys.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Hillsong Church’s presence in the U.S. continues to shrink, now down to just five campuses after Hillsong San Francisco announced its departure. Following years of scandals, 11 of its 16 U.S. locations have cut ties with the Australia-based megachurch.
julieroys.com/hillsong-san...
julieroys.com/hillsong-san...
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Especially the part where Megan Marshman, a woman speaking from the main stage of an irredeemably toxic mega-church, Willow Creek, that continues to lionise and protect its unrepentant sexual predator founder, Bill Hybels, tells the women of the congregation to be quiet and calm down.
February 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Especially the part where Megan Marshman, a woman speaking from the main stage of an irredeemably toxic mega-church, Willow Creek, that continues to lionise and protect its unrepentant sexual predator founder, Bill Hybels, tells the women of the congregation to be quiet and calm down.
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That was disappointing. I expected better! I hate the whole "men you're called to lead." Nowhere are men commanded to lead. Nowhere. But men are to take initiative and serve.
February 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
That was disappointing. I expected better! I hate the whole "men you're called to lead." Nowhere are men commanded to lead. Nowhere. But men are to take initiative and serve.
Hi @sheilagregoire.bsky.social. The sermon on the weekend
at the rather famous/infamous Willow Creek Community Church, which was on biblical manhood and womanhood, had some real zingers in it. www.youtube.com/live/3EHNtcG...
at the rather famous/infamous Willow Creek Community Church, which was on biblical manhood and womanhood, had some real zingers in it. www.youtube.com/live/3EHNtcG...
Willow Creek Online Live Service
YouTube video by Willow Creek Community Church
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Hi @sheilagregoire.bsky.social. The sermon on the weekend
at the rather famous/infamous Willow Creek Community Church, which was on biblical manhood and womanhood, had some real zingers in it. www.youtube.com/live/3EHNtcG...
at the rather famous/infamous Willow Creek Community Church, which was on biblical manhood and womanhood, had some real zingers in it. www.youtube.com/live/3EHNtcG...
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In an interview about his new book, Christian therapist Andrew Bauman describes how pastors weaponize forgiveness by pressuring survivors to reconcile with perpetrators. “What if the highest priority was being present with the victim?” he asked.
Christian therapist Andrew Bauman quit sexist theology and says you can too
(RNS) — In a Q&A about new book ‘Safe Church,’ Bauman talks Andrew Tate, male headship and whether church can ever really be safe.
religionnews.com
February 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Mandatory reading from Dr. @julesbaird.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
A year ago, Lynda looked around her church. What she found disturbed her
Three decades after the first ordinations of women to the Anglican priesthood, women are still struggling to gain and maintain strong footholds on the rungs of leadership.
www.abc.net.au
February 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Mandatory reading from Dr. @julesbaird.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Posited: some humans get so fully integrated with the evil robots they're in that it becomes literally impossible for them to be separated and remain alive. Perhaps this means one cannot any longer "look them in the eye" in some sense. #bimbw
If I can look someone in the eye & wish suffering upon them simultaneously...I am become the dumpster fire I spy in them. I *am* the woe I'm decreeing. I can, however, wish they'd stop debasing themselves & tell them to & imagine incentives. A saying comes to mind. Fire walk with me.
February 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Posited: some humans get so fully integrated with the evil robots they're in that it becomes literally impossible for them to be separated and remain alive. Perhaps this means one cannot any longer "look them in the eye" in some sense. #bimbw
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I'm thinking of two stories--the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin story, and the story about Jesus and the Woes to the Pharisees, and in the context of those two stories--this question: Maybe sometimes it's okay to wish harm on another?
February 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I'm thinking of two stories--the Mene Mene Tekel Upharsin story, and the story about Jesus and the Woes to the Pharisees, and in the context of those two stories--this question: Maybe sometimes it's okay to wish harm on another?
this
February 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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BREAKING:
IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle groomed & sexually abused 17 women, some of whom were minors, according to an independent investigation released tonight. In some cases, the abuse constituted rape, the investigation found.
julieroys.com/breaking-iho...
IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle groomed & sexually abused 17 women, some of whom were minors, according to an independent investigation released tonight. In some cases, the abuse constituted rape, the investigation found.
julieroys.com/breaking-iho...
BREAKING: IHOPKC Founder Mike Bickle Sexually Abused 17 Women, Investigation Finds | The Roys Report
IHOPKC Founder Mike Bickle groomed, sexually solicited, and engaged in abusive misconduct with 17 women, according to a report by Firefly.
julieroys.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
BREAKING:
IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle groomed & sexually abused 17 women, some of whom were minors, according to an independent investigation released tonight. In some cases, the abuse constituted rape, the investigation found.
julieroys.com/breaking-iho...
IHOPKC founder Mike Bickle groomed & sexually abused 17 women, some of whom were minors, according to an independent investigation released tonight. In some cases, the abuse constituted rape, the investigation found.
julieroys.com/breaking-iho...
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mandatory reading from Dr. Judith Herman www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Justice From the Victim's Perspective
PDF | What are the meanings of justice, as seen from the perspective of victims of violent crime? Are victims' visions of justice represented by the... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
www.researchgate.net
February 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
mandatory reading from Dr. Judith Herman www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Knock yourself out!
February 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Knock yourself out!
Hi Dr @joelbaden.bsky.social. May I ask a question about King David, please?
February 2, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Hi Dr @joelbaden.bsky.social. May I ask a question about King David, please?
Mandatory content from hero journalist @julieroys.bsky.social and the brilliant Dr. Dahl. youtu.be/4cLs3nT2enU?...
January 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Mandatory content from hero journalist @julieroys.bsky.social and the brilliant Dr. Dahl. youtu.be/4cLs3nT2enU?...
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"The GOP is essentially Camp Kanakuk on steroids." Phil Madeira
December 23, 2024 at 5:12 PM
"The GOP is essentially Camp Kanakuk on steroids." Phil Madeira