Marissa Franks Burt

Author: The Myth of Good Christian Parenting | What We've Been Missing (2027) | Spiritual Treadmills (2028) | Storybound & Stardust series

[Marissa Franks Burt @MBurtwrites]

Since Doug Wilson is trending again, re-sharing this online appendix of his parenting teaching in his own words.
The children in his community are incredibly vulnerable to abuse. 🚨🚨🚨

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Oh, Doug, no. No. Christians are to examine the fruit. If the fruit is rotten, the teacher, *who is subject to greater judgment* does not get to cry "user error."

The teaching maps. Here is a thread of receipts: 🧵

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@theanarthrous YES!

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To assume that ppl like me support women’s ordination b/c “wokeness” is a fundamental misunderstanding of the pietistic eva corner of the ACNA.

So I decided to write a series on why WO is biblical. It’s a bit ACNA, a bit ordination, a bit women’s leadership, & a lot of Bible.

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@Ngamini2004 Thank you! I appreciate your willingness to engage, and I welcome other perspectives! As I hope comes clear in the series: I hold the position I do with conviction but not dogmatism.

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@Ngamini2004 @NorCalHerper Will be touching on those vss in Part 3 of my series if you are interested!

Any instructions to specific communities must be read alongside the narrative descriptions of what women were doing.

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@bonhoefferchild Or some say it was maybe the letter to Laodecia. But thematically it seems a match for Ephesus. Anyway, I found this study note to be kind of a bold claim given all the commentary disagreement.

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NT ppl! Tell me your thoughts pls!

Most comms lean toward circular letter & as a result don’t spend any time considering context of ancient Ephesus or Acts 19.

I think 19:10 means even theoretical recipients of circular letter wld have been aware of events at Ephesus, but ???

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@bonhoefferchild Thank you! Do you think "in Ephesus" was a later addition - what's your take on that?

Opinions seem divided, but the fact that there aren't really personal details (tho Paul spent a long time there) perhaps indicates it was intended to be generally circulated. +

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@AbuseClergy @RNS @kathrynmaepost I have not seen any updates on the trial re: Abp Wood. The trial court has until 12/21/26 to release an opinion on it.

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@AbuseClergy @RNS @kathrynmaepost Most dioceses have women teaching, preaching & leading - so a bit diff than eva comp churches, but the varying viewpoints have to do with ideas about apostolic ministry & authority - things I'll touch on in my series if you're interested! +

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Happy book release day to @carmenjoyimes @nijay.gupta and @yu.niq ! I’ve been reading this with my youngest children these past few weeks, and we’ve all enjoyed it so much! Thank you all for your hard work!

@ivpkids
#kidsbible #newbooks #kidsministry

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Our book has been out for one year! To celebrate, we are giving away two copies!
To enter:
-like/share a post about the book
-tag a friend
-subscribe to Kelsey & me on Substack

Let us know what you did - extra entries for each thing. We’ll pick two winners Friday 10/30.

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Guys, this book is incredible and powerful and well worth a read. I’m so grateful to get to chat with Joy this Friday 10/30 at 9AM over on Substack. Hope you can join us!

#churchtoo #deconstruction #abuse

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@Ironage1 Thank you!!!

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@Noahs_Arc_98 Me too! I really hope they also carry it on through to the book of Acts!

I've been watching from the beginning but last year ended up doing a rewatch all in one go and it was incredible to revisit too.

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@NorCalHerper 😅

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Fantastic mail day! @zondervanacademic

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@NorCalHerper Yeah, I mean, I think there are biblical cases for both approaches. I hold my own position with conviction but not with dogmatism. Which is why I think the dual integrity/ies position is wise TBH.

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@NorCalHerper Yeah, that's a problem. And quite different than saying: my interpretation is X and yours is Y.

I think you'll see that's not what I'm trying to do...at all...if you decide to read the post.

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@NorCalHerper I don’t think so. Prot church has flouted tradition in a number of ways w/out slippery slope.

So too pentecostal traditions that remain rooted in biblical authority.