I started writing because I wanted my children to know where I had been wrong and why. I wanted them to see that the Christian life is not an unending self improvement program. It is a life rooted in the finished work of Christ. My hope is that this book helps believers rest in their identity in Christ rather than chase experiences or follow checklists that only exhaust the soul.
Purity culture promised holiness. What it produced instead was shame, secrecy, and a generation of young believers who felt they could never measure up. The ideal was always just out of reach — and the harder people tried to grasp it, the more condemnation they felt.
Time and again Jesus modelled only compassionate and kind interactions with the women he came into contact with.
“For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.” Galatians 5:1 NRSV I am unsure if I’ve ever shared this but my wife and I are Mennonites. Basically what this means is that our parents and grandparents were followers of Menno Simons teachings. For…
