Help and Hope When Church Leaders Fall

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“Psalm 12 offers strong encouragement, practical wisdom, and stern warnings for the faithful who are struggling to endure after intimate friends or trusted leaders fall.” - TGC

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White Southern Evangelicals Are Leaving the Church

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“Already, 30 percent of Southern Baptists ‘seldom’ or ‘never’ attend church….The southern Bible Belt is quickly becoming a region of unchurched or lapsed Protestants who may still hang onto their evangelical identity to some extent but who don’t think going to church is necessary.” - CToday

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Don’t Put Your Faith in the Wrong Person

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“To anyone who has been burned by Christians, I gently offer a simple insight: those representing (or misrepresenting) Christ are not Christ. You probably know that, but it bears repeating.” - TGC

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Joshua Harris monetizes “deconstruction”

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“People can sign up for the course for the cost of $275. Below the join button, however, is the statement: ‘A full scholarship is available to anyone harmed by purity culture and my past books. Use code GIFT at checkout.’” - C.Leaders

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A Cold Take on Deconversion (from Josh Harris’s Brother)

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“I think this excerpt is perhaps the most helpful. It’s from an interview between Sarah Zylstra and Alex Harris, younger brother of Joshua (well known for kissing dating, and then Christianity, goodbye), and if you’ve been wrestling with the subject yourself, these few paragraphs in particular are worth your time.” - Think Theology

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The rise in apostasy: Who is to be blamed?

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“A critical look at what could be responsible for believers’ inability to withstand calamities of life is traceable to “bread and butter messages” in churches today. Sound doctrines are rarely preached and many Christians have been weakened by rosy messages that only make Christians focus on how to find solutions to the challenges of life through God.

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