Grace City | Sermons

Disappointed what you’ve said about women recently. For instance, research shows the happiest women are single and divorced women, but you left that out when talking about the happiest groups of people. Very misleading. Not trustworthy. Went here for 8 years and disappointed it’s all maga talking points now. One of your Ekklesia leaders is preaching that women shouldn’t drive and this church has done nothing. You know women were also made in the image of god. Women who can’t have kids and who choose not to have kids or don’t want more kids are also made in the image of god. It’s wisdom to say it’s too much and I can’t handle more. Lots of women trust god and still can’t have children. It would do you well to learn from women. Your negative perception of women slipped when you blamed survivors of sexual abuse- just because you have a wife and daughter doesn’t mean you respect or trust women. In fact, you should be able to respect and trust and believe women even if you didn’t have a wife and daughter. You make a lot of claims, yet never support them with a variety of fact-checked evidence.

What I heard you say is it is the victims fault for what another person does to them. While what is stated is somewhat true, it is not the only outcome in which I would say is a lot more rare than in most cases. The pastor completely avoids the reality of actual church hurt that is incredibly damaging by focusing on patterns of why someone gets hurt. I get the sense that he has gleaned from others that adhere to “childhood wounds” such as from the enneagram. Placing so much emphasis on past hurts to explain current hurt also circumvents current hurt. I do not recall at any time that current hurt is also a reality. In basic terms, this pastor gave a license for those in a position of authority to write off what they have done that hurts others. The scenario, a pastor can and does something hurtful, the one hurt voices that, but now a pastor can say they are just reacting out of past hurts… that in and of itself is abusive. Tread lightly with this teacher. Especially if he and the leadership have utilized the Enneagram or from authors/teachers who use it, which I wouldn’t be surprised this church is.