Julie Anne Smith
@DefendTheSheep
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Now primarily where the Sky is Blue! Same name. (Bio: https://t.co/l6RKp7PwHB) Cybersecurity Analyst, GCCC she/her/deal w/it
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Joined May 2012
"He preached the Bible." Preaching the Bible has nothing to do with his heart towards women and the oppressed. Preaching the Bible, but failing to truly shepherd means he wasn't a shepherd. Ezekiel 34!.
@bookkeepPLUS He preached the Bible. You’re shaping his entire ministry off of maybe a few disgruntled women? He counseled what the Bible teaches. That may not always be culturally acceptable, but that’s what he taught. If you don’t like the Bible, you won’t like MacArthur.
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RT @bookkeepPLUS: John MacArthur had the gifts to be a great shepherd, but sadly he used them to protect systems, not people—failing to shi….
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RT @brmorris: “MacArthur said the most important mark of his ministry was that he explained the Bible with the Bible, not…appeals to emotio….
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RT @AnthonyRayGray: @Franklin_Graham @johnmacarthur How do you get past this Franklin?. My experience with victims of clergy sexual abuse i….
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RT @JayMallow3: “MacArthur influenced pastors and lay leaders across evangelical Christianity and taught them to be mean-spirited, divisive….
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RT @DrSampler: And while there are many great preachers/teachers other than this one, the church has not suffered from one man’s death. But….
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RT @DrSampler: When JMac did not protect abused women, he did not protect the flock of Christ, of which he was an undershepherd.
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RT @DrSampler: When Jesus said “whatever you have not done, even for the least of these, you have not done unto me” doesn’t only apply to t….
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RT @DrSampler: I won’t honor a man who is directly responsible for the physical and emotional abuse of untold wives in the name of poor her….
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RT @KaeleyT: One of the most meaningful comments I’ve ever received on anything I’ve ever written. 😭😭😭😭😭😭
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RT @rickpidcock: One criticism I'm receiving is that I should've waited longer to write what I did about MacArthur. In other words, those w….
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RT @WayneShaff60221: @DefendTheSheep As someone diagnosed with depression and anxiety, I agree that docs are too quick to diagnose and way….
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RT @JamesBu43811238: @DefendTheSheep Teaching like this helped ruin my first marriage. My ex wife and I tried our best to live by what this….
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RT @marianneneal72: @XianVCon @DefendTheSheep Plenty of documentation on abusive behavior at GCC, especially toward women. I'd hardly call….
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RT @realmsmcneely: @DefendTheSheep A funny thing happened to me when I got divorced, I went to a support group called Divorcecare. I was in….
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RT @Lechatbon: @Autumn1952242 @DefendTheSheep 💔 I grew up in churches and knew so many people who faced depression, bipolar illness, heard….
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RT @mythoughts_usa: @DefendTheSheep Sadly, MacArthur did not finish well. Pushing women to stay in abusive marriages was wrong. He should h….
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RT @KarenBoyanton: @DefendTheSheep He was definitely controversial. Women should stay and submit to their abusive husbands. If they get ang….
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