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The Bible Told Us Every Girl Was Sour?

The theological problem with purity culture and how we talk about the plague of pornography is that it sexualizes women (and men, though I think to a lesser extent).

Russ Meek October 30, 2019

Fathom

The Sins of Our Fathers

Lenny was absolutely convinced there was some ontological difference between humans with pale pigmentation and those with dark.

Russ Meek October 23, 2019

Facts & Trends

3 Reasons Church Leaders Should Observe the Sabbath

God, the creator of the entire universe and everything in it, rested and was refreshed. I could stop right here; we don’t need any more reasons to take a Sabbath. Friend, you and me and everyone else on the planet needs to be refreshed. God modeled the way for us.

Russ Meek October 21, 2019

Servants of Grace

Fostering Hospitality

We both knew that we wanted to foster and/or adopt children long before we met each other and were married ten years ago. Neither of us knew just how much it would stretch and strengthen our ability to be hospitable, to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Russ Meek October 21, 2019

Sojourners

Racism, Sexism, and A Lust For Power in the Southern Baptist Church

Has our history of political maneuvering cloaked a love for power in the language of right theology?

Russ Meek October 18, 2019

Facts & Trends

3 Reason Our Churches Need the Old Testament

All my dark thoughts and feelings found expression in this collection of poems and prayers by God’s people for God’s people. If there are people like me in your church—and there probably are—then they need the Old Testament like I did.

Russ Meek October 1, 2019

Fathom Magazine

Break the Teeth in Their Mouths, O God

If you have found yourself in the church—or anywhere else—looking for solace, comfort, and relief from abuse, then may you turn to the imprecatory psalms and find comfort there.

Russ Meek September 22, 2019

Facts & Trends

3 Strategies for Recruiting and Training Sound Teachers

Good content is of course essential, but our people can get great content pretty much anywhere.

Russ Meek September 11, 2019

Articles by Russ Meek

The Bible Told Us Every Girl Was Sour?

The Sins of Our Fathers

3 Reasons Church Leaders Should Observe the Sabbath

Fostering Hospitality

Racism, Sexism, and A Lust For Power in the Southern Baptist Church

3 Reason Our Churches Need the Old Testament

Break the Teeth in Their Mouths, O God

3 Strategies for Recruiting and Training Sound Teachers

Meek Manuscripts