excited to follow along. I know our family was a "leave the bones" kind of family, we were influenced, but never in the inner circle, but knew many who were. I remember attending a conference of some kind (ATI?) when I was 13, but the only thing I remember is feeling out of place with all the long haired, jean and kaki skirt wearing girls.
she writes---"So, what’s the deal with Bill Gothard, “The Seminar,” and IBLP, anyway? How relevant is all this in the year of our Lord 2023?"
if i may offer an answer to that ---here is the big deal....that all those rules for women that come out of partriarchal and legalist teachings have led to more and more stingent rules being put on christian women who are in that sphere....to the point that all those rules have grown in intensity and now endorse in some extreme groups....wife spanking when she disobeys or does not please hubby in some form or fashion. that is the big deal.
and the bigger deal is the only ones offering help and resources to abused wives are the ones that gothardism would call rebellious and disobedient to God's "holy plan and design for women" --the egalitarians!!!
excited to follow along. I know our family was a "leave the bones" kind of family, we were influenced, but never in the inner circle, but knew many who were. I remember attending a conference of some kind (ATI?) when I was 13, but the only thing I remember is feeling out of place with all the long haired, jean and kaki skirt wearing girls.
she writes---"So, what’s the deal with Bill Gothard, “The Seminar,” and IBLP, anyway? How relevant is all this in the year of our Lord 2023?"
if i may offer an answer to that ---here is the big deal....that all those rules for women that come out of partriarchal and legalist teachings have led to more and more stingent rules being put on christian women who are in that sphere....to the point that all those rules have grown in intensity and now endorse in some extreme groups....wife spanking when she disobeys or does not please hubby in some form or fashion. that is the big deal.
and the bigger deal is the only ones offering help and resources to abused wives are the ones that gothardism would call rebellious and disobedient to God's "holy plan and design for women" --the egalitarians!!!
It’s not a polo. Totally different. I wore Lacostes in high school; it was my thing. Well, still is. 🐊
I just can’t do the top button.
Your tux shirt is buttoned to the top button in your profile picture, is it not?
Thank you for taking the time to wade into this morass.