13, Christian and married by force: Maria Shahbaz and Pakistan’s silent crisis
Maria s story is not an isolated tragedy It is one of thousands
Maria s story is not an isolated tragedy It is one of thousands
Yes, the Old Testament regulated forms of servitude Yes, some of those forms were severe But that does not make biblical servitude morally identical to the racialized, hereditary, man-stealing
People were happier than in recent years and, most importantly, were anticipating the SBC s future with both encouragement and excitement
As a former professor, I encountered many young people who were skeptical of capitalism We need more people to expand their understanding to protect the economic philosophy upon which this nation was
Wanting to use the Christian label without believing biblical Christian theology simply will not work
The women who attended this conference were not celebrating weakness They were celebrating womanhood
They were image-bearers of God young men with futures, families, and eternal souls Reducing them to racial proxies perverts God s standards of justice
We rarely stop to ask people with Down syndrome whether they re glad to be alive We assume we already know the answer
Where does Scripture promise that every faithful believer will eventually experience some earthly form of restoration
One of the most common concerns I hear from survivors of spiritual abuse isn t simply that they no longer trust their former church It s that they no longer trust themselves
Sex is not one human act among others but touches the heart of what it means to be human