I think you make a very good point that I have never thought about within evangelicalism, and it's something I have likely fallen into a time or two.
It's kind of a spirit of the age, to be "authentic" and "real" you have to be willing to confess sin with people that you dont know. There is definitely a time and a place for vulnerability, but as you said, it's not with people you dont even know. Confession of sin to another should mean they then can hold you accountable to pursue holiness.
I saw his OP on FB and it was very long and I skimmed it because it felt a bit embarrassing to me to read it. You can say what he wanted to say, which is that God esteem repentant sinners and their sin doesn't necessarily preclude them from a godly marriage, without using his wife as the "look at us!" You are right, it is immodest.
Then again, evangelicals of that nature dont teach a full theology of modesty. They stop at "women shouldn't wear leggings." And thats the problem.
Testimonies and gossip have a lot in common. The more traumatic and lurid the testimony the better. God is usually shoehorned into the narrative. The narrator is the person to be praised.
so glad you spoke about this, I knew that post felt off, he wanted to post it, get hate and shame, revere himself as brave for revealing intimate details about his wife that nobody asked for, falsely labeling himself as a martyr
Please make this a series, Dean!
Your perspective really helped me decode why this whole Sheatz situation was so revolting.
We'll see what time allows.
I think you make a very good point that I have never thought about within evangelicalism, and it's something I have likely fallen into a time or two.
It's kind of a spirit of the age, to be "authentic" and "real" you have to be willing to confess sin with people that you dont know. There is definitely a time and a place for vulnerability, but as you said, it's not with people you dont even know. Confession of sin to another should mean they then can hold you accountable to pursue holiness.
I saw his OP on FB and it was very long and I skimmed it because it felt a bit embarrassing to me to read it. You can say what he wanted to say, which is that God esteem repentant sinners and their sin doesn't necessarily preclude them from a godly marriage, without using his wife as the "look at us!" You are right, it is immodest.
Then again, evangelicals of that nature dont teach a full theology of modesty. They stop at "women shouldn't wear leggings." And thats the problem.
Thank you, Ashley.
Testimonies and gossip have a lot in common. The more traumatic and lurid the testimony the better. God is usually shoehorned into the narrative. The narrator is the person to be praised.
so glad you spoke about this, I knew that post felt off, he wanted to post it, get hate and shame, revere himself as brave for revealing intimate details about his wife that nobody asked for, falsely labeling himself as a martyr