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The Stranglehold of Christian Scrupulosity
John MacArthur, "Biblical Counseling," and Going All-In On Grace
 • Marissa Franks Burt
The Quiverfull Daughters are Tired
A guest post from Abbi Nye
 • Marissa Franks Burt
Manipulative Babies, Cry-it-out Methods, and What That Says about our Theology
Good News: God loves us!
 • Marissa Franks Burt
The Women of the New Testament
Considering What Women Were Doing in the Early Church
 • Marissa Franks Burt
The Scandal of Evangelical Ministry-mindedness
Where we are supposed to accept the ontological disqualification of godly women while witnessing the perpetual reinstatement of ungodly men.
 • Marissa Franks Burt
Heavy Yokes of Christian Excellence
Martha Peace's Book "The Excellent Wife," The Mire of Spiritual Rumination, and The God Who Comes Looking for Us.
 • Marissa Franks Burt
Retributive Punishment in Christian Parenting
And Why Pontius Pilate Is Not Exemplary for the Christian
 • Marissa Franks Burt
The Deconstruction of Christian Scaffolding
How Christian parenting advice has contributed to the great dechurching
 • Marissa Franks Burt
Advent: When The God Who Rends the Heavens is Born as a Baby
As Advent comes to a close, I’m revisiting Isaiah 64’s “filthy rags.” I’ve heard preachers pause for a beat and then drop the line: “So in the original…
 • Marissa Franks Burt
"How do Christian parents 'succeed' in passing on their religious convictions to their children?"
The limitations of family life research and Good News for parents.
 • Marissa Franks Burt
When Deconstruction Dethrones Household Gods
And How Family Systems and Church Family Systems Mirror Each Other
 • Marissa Franks Burt
Why Is It So Hard for Christian Parents to Give Up "Spanking" Their Children?
I have some theories...and memes.
 • Marissa Franks Burt
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