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Books for the Bullied: Recommended Resources Dealing with Grace & Legalism

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May 6th, 2010

My post yesterday, on “The Real Meaning of 1 Thessalonians 5:22” seemed to touch a nerve. Sharper Iron excerpted this line from my post: “1 Thess. 5:22 Often ‘Used As a Bully Club to Keep People in Line with the Group\’s Expectations’”. If that’s all you see, it comes across…

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The Real Meaning of 1 Thessalonians 5:22

Posted by Bob Hayton on

May 5th, 2010

Anyone with roots in conservative evangelicalism, and particularly fundamentalism, will have heard 1 Thess. 5:22 used as justification for all sorts of personal standards. Going to see a movie, drinking from a dark bottle, using playing cards, wearing facial hair (for men) or wearing pants (for women) — all of…

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