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Shannon Harris Wasn’t Content with Being a Purity Culture Stagehand
Her new memoir brings her voice into the story of “I Kissed Dating Goodbye.” It also brings in an entirely different gospel.
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
I Kissed Christianity Goodbye
After almost two decades, Joshua Harris left ministry battered and exhausted. A few years later, he left the faith altogether. In this bonus episode of the podcast, we try to understand why.
The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
The Brand
The internet and new gospel partnerships fueled church growth in the early 2000s, but bigger isn’t always better.
Review
Don’t Overstate the Rewards of Sexual Faithfulness. Don’t Understate Them Either.
The false promises of purity culture shouldn’t overshadow the true promises of God.
Quick To Listen
Responding to Josh Harris’s Announcement
What should we do when loved ones and public figures leave the faith?
Both Purity Culture and Hook-Up Culture Failed Me
Then I found church fellowship.
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Can Josh Harris Kiss His Book Goodbye?
Twenty years after his dating bestseller, he reconsiders its controversial arguments.
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The Top 20 Most-Read Gleanings of 2015
The 50 countries where it’s most difficult to be a Christian, ‘The Boy from Heaven’ retracts his story, Elisabeth Elliot passes through gates of splendor, and more.
The 40-Year-Old Seminarian
Why I went to school AFTER leading a church.