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Title of John Pavlovitz's latest posting at his blog:

"Don’t Feel Guilty for Leaving The Evangelical Church. Jesus Has."

He writes:

Right now millions of good, faithful people are sobering-up and realizing that they have been lied to. The scales are coming off of their eyes, and they are beginning to see that what they believed was Christ’s church, has morphed into something quite terrible."


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johnpavlovitz.com/2023/09/15/d

John PavlovitzDon't Feel Guilty for Leaving The Evangelical Church. Jesus Has.Guilt is a powerful drug. Once it has its hooks in you, once it enters your bloodstream, it can impossible to get yourself free. For twenty years I’ve been a pastor in the local church, and I know how insidious and pervasive guilt-addiction is in American Christianity. I’ve seen the way the Church has gladly been the dirty […]
William Lindsey :toad:

"In fact, they have come to the conclusion that they can no longer participate in this twisted mutation of Jesus, marked not by the stigmata of sacrifice but the stigma of shame. They are being pulled toward Christlikeness—and right out of the building."


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