Misused Scripture: Habakkuk 1:13 God's Eyes Are Not Too Pure to Look Upon You
Wrestling with God teaches us that such questions don't reflect a lack of faith—they are expressions of faith
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Misused Scripture
A collection of 9 issues
Misused Scripture: Jeremiah 17:9
Wormism is the notion, particularly popular in certain expressions of Christianity, that you and I are nothing but lowly, nasty, dirty worms. We're untrustworthy, "prone to wander,"[1] and utterly despicable.
Some Christians agree with this worm-like categorization due to original sin and The Fall of
Misused Scripture: Proverbs 13:24 - Spare the Rod
People often cite "Spare the rod, spoil the child" as a Bible verse about the need for spanking children.
"In my day, my dad beat me with a belt, and I turned out better than these entitled millennials!"
So, let's get a couple of
Misused Scripture: 1 Timothy 2:12 "I do not permit a woman to teach"
There's a significant portion of the church that believes that women are not allowed to teach. Maybe they can teach kids or other women, but they can't have authority or teaching authority over men. And they excuse this gender discrimination based on 1 Timothy 2, where
Misused Scripture: Ephesians 5:23 "The husband is the head of the wife"
Headship ≠ Leadership
Last time I talked about how Ephesians 5:22 needs to be read in the context of the verse above it's not just wives that need to submit to their husbands but husbands, but husbands also need to submit to wives! But, people ask what about
Misused Scripture 6: Ephesians 5:21-22 "Wives Submit To Your Husbands"
If you've been around conservative Christians long enough, you've probably encountered the idea of "Biblical manhood and womanhood" or complementarianism. It's essentially sexist patriarchy baptized with Scripture so that men retain decision-making power and authority while women, well, don't. Evidence
Misused Scripture 5: Genesis 3:16, Men Ruling Over Women
Genesis 3 goes by lots of names: The Fall, The Curse, the starting place of Original Sin, the Loss of Innocence. It's a story you may know about a talking snake, a forbidden fruit, and a woman who eats that fruit.
God finds out, takes the legs off
Scary Misused Scriptures 4: Hebrews 6:4-6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNoH8beJR_U
In Hebrews 6, the anonymous author writes:
"For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted
Scary Scriptures 3: The Unforgivable Sin
Is the Unforgivable Sin really unforgivable? Depends on what you mean.
Mark 3:29, Matthew 12:31-32, Luke 12.