Category Archives: Disrespecting Respectability

Never forget the eager role of the conservative anvil.

Posted on April 20, 2019 by

I originally left this as a comment in response to Larry Kummer’s recent post: Marriage: soon the Surgeon General will warn about it.  Larry wrote: Summary: The Left has worked for two generations to destroy marriage as an institution by … Continue reading →

Posted in Attacking headship, Complementarian, Disrespecting Respectability, Divorce, Doublethink, Fabius Maximus, Finding a Spouse, Larry Kummer, Pastor Tim Bayly, Submission, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye | 176 Comments

Don’t be the guy whose wife wanted more closet space.

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

This is one of the pettiest things I've seen all year 😂🤣😂 https://t.co/OQ1DWckRQQ pic.twitter.com/Laa8Bb8LFT — Malik Dilonga (@thattalldude93) May 6, 2018 One of the ways we deny the obvious truth of the billboard is by declaring any man whose wife … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercials, Denial, Disrespecting Respectability, Divorce, selling divorce | 22 Comments

The joke’s on him.

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

Yesterday my wife had an ad pop up on her phone selling women divorce.  I wasn’t able to find the online version of the ad, but with some digging found a picture of the same ad on a billboard here … Continue reading →

Posted in Commercials, Denial, Disrespecting Respectability, Divorce, Doublethink, Marriage, selling divorce, Turning a blind eye, You can't make this stuff up | 81 Comments

What if we acknowledged repentance and respected Christian men who married single mothers?

Posted on March 15, 2019 by

Commenter Bee proposed that Christians should encourage single mothers to adopt their children out at birth, instead of shaming Christian men for having a “vain expectation of marrying a childless virgin”: Mark Driscoll is another Christian Leader that has encouraged Christian … Continue reading →

Posted in Beautiful truth, Disrespecting Respectability, Finding a Spouse | 250 Comments

No respect for men who marry single mothers.

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has a 2016 article by Sam Parkison excoriating Christian men for not marrying single mothers.  Parkison calls Christian men’s preferences in this regard vanity, and repeats the charge three times: But functionally, marriage is still idealized … Continue reading →

Posted in Disrespecting Respectability, Finding a Spouse, Marriage, Midwestern Seminary, The only real man in the room, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye | 243 Comments