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David French. According to police, the shooter said he suffered from “sex addiction” and shot the women because “they were a temptation for him he wanted to eliminate.”. It’s about peace. For millions of Americans the Christian church has become synonymous with the Republican party with predictable results: opposing Christianity is the same thing as opposing Federal cuts in Medicare, stricter and more cruel immigration policies, lower taxes for the rich, Trump, and so on. Again, this isn’t just about “witness.” It’s about justice. We all have a responsibility to dress modestly, but only a person entirely in denial of human nature would argue that men and women are aroused in the same way. Singling out sexual sin as particularly pernicious and life-defining leads to fear and panic when people do stumble and fall. For example Gothard materials condemned even remarkably modest clothing if it contained what he called an “eye trap.” Here’s an example, posted by a former Gothard student: (Gothard was later forced out of his ministry after facing dozens of allegations of sexual misconduct.). As I’ve written before when addressing the failures and faults of the purity movement, through Christ even stories of past pain and suffering can be redeemed and transformed into instruments of grace and mercy. No, “purity culture” refers to the elaborate set of extra-biblical rituals and teachings that became popular in the 1990s and were designed to build safeguards and “strongholds” of sexual purity in Christian communities. Shortly after we received the first reports about the Atlanta killer’s motives, my friend and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary professor Karen Swallow Prior tweeted two insightful words, “Culture cultivates.” A culture that defines a person by their sexual sin cultivates misery. Does he fit or defy an existing narrative? The youth pastor had just become a purity acolyte. You can ban porn, ban explicit TV and movies of all types, put women in long dresses, prohibit makeup, and require courtship contracts, and you still will not solve the problem of sin. “I’m ruined anyway. Last week a young man walked into three metro Atlanta massage parlors and killed eight people, including six Asian women. We stumbled into the street into eerie silence, and we could see the smoldering ruin of the Murrah building, and I remember thinking "no one survived that". Hosts David French and Sarah Isgur have a weekly conversation about the law, culture, and why it matters. Glass was removed from my face and neck and chest and arms and legs. As this conversation unfolds, it’s important to keep two things in mind. And incredibly, even as the rally stoked fury and threatened violence, it still found space for the grift: I’m not writing to engage in a serious theological debate with those who’ve committed themselves to dreams and visions of dark conspiracies. It always happens. Click the link we sent to , or click here to log in. The problem with purity culture is not Christianity. My college girlfriend was devoted to purity culture, and when she tried to bring me into the fold, I felt like I’d entered a parallel Christian dimension. David French is a senior editor. From David French: Building the Idiocracy, One Word Salad at a Time Plus, conservative intellectuals are trashing the Constitution to save Trump. First, the purity culture I’m describing never fully captured the church. This is a grievous and dangerous time for American Christianity. You could be forgiven, but if you were no longer a virgin, your life, your wedding, and your marriage would be diminished as a result. A significant segment of the Christian public has fallen for conspiracy theories, has mixed nationalism with the Christian gospel, has substituted a bizarre mysticism for reason and evidence, and rages in fear and anger against their political opponents—all in the name of preserving Donald Trump’s power. His seminars could pack arenas, and hundreds of thousands of Christian families hung on his every word. The event also includes a flyover from Marine One, the president’s helicopter. Join. Tomorrow is the day. As I’ve written, critical race theory has its uses and its flaws, but I wonder—how many critical race theorists are in conservative Christian pews? I’m writing as a warning and as a call for action. David French. All of this occurred in an old building that walls two feet thick so we were actually protected from the worst effects. I believe that we have a cultural problem there in that we’re more and more frequently being told that sexual immorality isn’t something to be avoided, but rather that it’s simply “normal”. Scarlette Tarte Dec 13, 2020 Liked by David French. He’s also a columnist for Time. Click the link we sent to , or click here to log in. “Purity culture” is not a synonym for traditional Christian teachings about sexual morality—specifically the belief that sex is reserved for a marriage between a man and a woman. And then they’d be even more astounded at the fanaticism and fury displayed in the nation’s capital yesterday. The Dispatch—which went live earlier this month—was designed to resist these trends. Every single mass shooter (and, sadly, there are many of them) becomes an immediate weapon in the culture war. (Harris wrote his book when he was only 21. David French is a senior editor. And is this deep conviction built on unassailable evidence of mass fraud? Wendell Berry talks about the great pleasure that comes from hearing the truth, and that's the pleasure I get from you. Here’s the call to action: It’s time for conservative Christian leaders to shed any form of fear and to speak against conspiracies and against slander with the same boldness that many of them spoke for Trump. Soon enough, I found myself consoling 17 year-olds who believed they’d already harmed their future marriage merely because they kissed their prom date. Over our objection he prohibited dating. Fact-based reporting and commentary on politics, policy and culture – informed by conservative principles The identity of his victims is plain to see. I wrote this newsletter angry. A significant movement of American Christians—encouraged by the president himself—is now directly threatening the rule of law, the Constitution, and the peace and unity of the American republic. Twitter thread here, but we “unroll” it for readers below. One bomb. Fast-forward four years. In a much more desperate time and in a much more dangerous place, the prophet Jeremiah told the people of Israel, “Seek the peace of the city where I have exiled you. Metaxas told the president himself in a radio interview: “I’d be happy to die in this fight.” He said, “This is a fight for everything.”. How a False Defeat Narrative Has Distorted Our Military Debate The military is accomplishing what it’s capable of accomplishing. While men’s clothing doesn’t ignore their physical attributes, their clothing isn’t singly devoted to accentuating them either. But those who have succumbed to lust aren’t damned for all time. He’s the author of Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore, and the forthcoming Divided We Fall, among others. It’s like holding a rusty knife to the throat of Lady Liberty.”, “You might as well spit on the grave of George Washington.”, “This is evil. I so appreciate your prayers for my daughter Camille and her daughter Lila. I agree with you that sexual sins are...just sins. He reportedly told a former roommate at a different recovery center that his “very salvation was at stake” if he couldn’t overcome his sexual sin. Chastity was the pathway to sexual satisfaction. It creates an impossible burden. New Top Discussion. We didn’t date. Trumpists try to intimidate dissenters into silence. Josh Harris’s book I Kissed Dating Goodbye sold more than a million copies, and it urged Christian young people to abandon dating entirely. their heightened concerns. You can’t convince me that wearing gym shorts over them is uncomfortable. The Journal Record building was across the street from the Murrah building. I have been following you and the dispatch since last year and is a subscriber. So thanks for all your wisdom. He’s also a columnist for Time. David French on conservative media, Never Trumpism, Syria and the South Updated Oct 28, 2019; Posted Oct 28, 2019 David French, a conservative writer and co-founder of The Dispatch. Well, no. Over three hundred buildings were damaged by that bomb. The blast of the bomb shattered the windows and blew the glass into us. Senior editor of The Dispatch. Is the sight of women the source of male sin? I call them longjohns. I was working at the Journal Record building the morning Timothy McVeigh decided to make war on the federal government and kill innocent civilians in Oklahoma City. Here’s the warning: While I hope and pray that protests remain peaceful and that seditious statements are confined to social media, we’d be fools to presume that peace will reign. No, they believe that Trump had a special purpose and a special calling, and that this election defeat is nothing less than a manifestation of a Satanic effort to disrupt God’s plan for this nation. Placing responsibility for male purity on women harms women. They were not “holding their nose” to support him. I have been the victim of political violence, as I have written about here before. The secular critique is typically all confrontation, no redemption. Liberalism. But how many more election conspiracy theorists and Christian nationalists are sitting right there, including in my own denomination, fervently believing lies and fervently praying for actions and outcomes that are fundamentally unjust? If they can do it, I can do it. 24: 29: Share . There's much to say about the potential strategic benefits (and perils) of the decision, but make no mistake, separate congressional authorization was not necessary. Some struggle with injuries, both psychological and physical, to this day. He condemned most forms of physical contact before marriage. In fact, every court that has heard challenges to the vote has rejected efforts to overturn its result. There is no other way to say this. Yoga pants are a great example. It’s been the same playbook for more than five years. Children killed who had nothing at all to do with anything. It pursues profound injustice. In fact, placing such burdens on women does not make the church more Christian. Please. Denying these eternal truths did and does tremendous damage to young hearts and minds. I’ve watched the video. It’s important to emphasize how much the extreme teachings were contrary to the Gospel. The same can be said about women’s clothing, but more and more the clothing is designed to grab the attention of men by advertising their feminine attributes. We don’t know what to expect, but we know God is faithful, and he loves Camille, her husband Jarrett, and beautiful, brave Lila more than we can possibly comprehend. David French is a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi … There were no rings. ... David, I want to tell you how much I admire you and your writing. It’s clear now that when many of those people declared Trump to be “God’s anointed” they did not mean that his presidency was “instituted by God” in the same manner as other governing authorities, as described in Romans 13. He’s also a columnist for Time. It ripples thru countless lives and the community of people who had absolutely nothing to do with whatever fight you are engaging in. David French. The brand new penny was “pure.” The dirty pennies were “handled,” and the more they were “handled,” the dirtier they became. What’s the point of further restraint?”. Thousands of repercussions. One only need to read any of the letters from Paul. This is right. Senior editor of The Dispatch. They’d be in awe of our wealth. To demonstrate the power of the blast, my pants had holes in the BACK of them where glass blew right thru my clothing. Those same beliefs and actions brought an immense amount of pain bubbling to the surface of the Christian conversation. But there are times when the lies are so blatant and the dangers so profound that anger isn’t just appropriate, it may even be necessary. His words, however, appalled me. I have kept my clothing from that day and I intend to donate them to the OKC Memorial Museum one day. Later he says, “We need to fight to the death, to the last drop of blood, because it’s worth it.”. Look at these clips. We “courted.” And one condition of the courtship was that I attend a week’s worth of “seminars” held by Bill Gothard, then the head of the Institute in Basic Life Principles. Women are wearing less and less clothing. Evil comes from within: For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. I’d never wear them in public and if I did I would expect to be escorted off the property or arrested for indecency. I was taken to St. Anthony's hospital, stabilized and then transferred to another hospital for the first of several surgeries to repair the skin on my arm. And that brings me to the Atlanta shooter (I will not use his name). During the late 1990s, my wife and I served as volunteer youth directors in our church youth group. We both agreed on the top-line moral questions, but she believed so much more. In the hope that you are monitoring this thread, David, I want to tell you how much I admire you and your writing. David French. Women bore a particular burden to protect “visual” men from temptation. … This is like that times a thousand.”. (Shortly after he initiated the dating ban, the youth pastor resigned after being caught engaging in inappropriate sexual activity online.). Sexual sin is a defining sin. Sarah Isgur is a staff writer. When many Christian women (and women who’d left the church) heard the killer’s motive, they thought, “That’s an extreme version of an idea that I was taught for years—that men need to protect themselves from women, that they need to protect themselves from me.”. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person. David French and Sarah Isgur: Apr 8: 20: 90: Share . French writes about law, politics, faith, culture, and the superiority of DC over Marvel. Camille delivers in Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, and then we expect immediate surgical intervention on Lila. That’s right, you’re like the Germans who didn’t object to the rise of Hitler. He’s the author of Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore, and the forthcoming Divided We Fall, among others. Soon enough the conversation burst into mainstream media and splashed across the virtual pages of the New York Times and the Washington Post. David French. For example, late last month the presidents of Southern Baptist seminaries united to declare that “affirmation of Critical Race Theory, Intersectionality and any version of Critical Theory is incompatible with the Baptist Faith & Message.”. David is right to be both scared and angry. Christ does. Tagged: David French, Nancy French, The Dispatch, Internet, pedophilia, Substack, Christianity Today, Kanakuk, Clemente Lisi, Joe White, nondisclosure agreements. Sarah Isgur is a staff writer. The electricity went out. David French joins the Five-Timer’s Club on this edition of The Remnant. He’s the author of Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore, and the forthcoming Divided We Fall, among others. Over three hundred buildings were damaged or destroyed. In the days following the shooting, however, the evidence of the shooter’s sexual confusion and dysfunction continued to mount. The Gospel Coalition’s Joe Carter has written an excellent FAQ about purity culture, and he identifies a number of common characteristics, including specific “purity pledges” that young men and women would take, father-daughter “purity balls” where dads would often given their daughters “purity rings” to symbolize their commitment to chastity, and strict “courtship” relationships that would often feature parent-supervised meetings in lieu of dates and written “purity contracts” prohibiting physical contact. Sarah Isgur is a staff writer. When the youth pastor left in scandal, I became interim youth pastor, and we reversed course. That your loved ones may be killed or maimed because some whackdoodle can't reason that out should make you livid. Why do I keep mentioning fear? We’re way, way past concerns for the church’s “public witness.” We’re way past concerns over whether the “reputation” of the church will survive this wave of insanity. We know that mainstream American Christian leaders can unite to condemn secular and progressive movements and ideas they find biblically problematic. For anyone thinking of engaging in political violence, that is the real effect. Very interesting. Thank you, David. All your essays are wonderful. No, not at all. The Dispatch. How about with a song I’ve attached before, one that should remind us, both in source (Hillsong, which is struggling through scandal) and substance, that there is still beauty in God’s church, God is still sovereign, and He will prevail: For your security, we need to re-authenticate you. Buildings of small business owners destroyed. Yes, they convey a message about lifestyle and they can definitely convey social status (I have bought Lulu Lemon for my wife!) Part of this is understandable, human, and necessary. On Tuesday, my friend Jane Coaston at Vox emailed me a link to a 36 second video clip showing in graphic detail the killing in Brunswick, Georgia, of a young black man named Ahmaud Arbery. I’d never heard of purity culture. Newer Post Welcome to Holy Days 2021: How to … Eric Metaxas, a prominent Christian radio host, former featured speaker at the National Prayer Breakfast, and the best-selling author of Bonhoeffer is the master of ceremonies; former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is a featured speaker. I also detect that I have a different opinion of the responsibility of women. Yes, they are dangerous. I don’t think that I’m breaking new ground by saying that men’s clothing is also supposed to convey a message about their social status, their character and their physical condition. We held to Christian orthodoxy but we rejected the idolization of purity. Moreover, there are disturbing cultural patterns that sexualize and exploit Asian women. This is a much needed and balanced message for our community . I believe now is one of those times. But another part of this quest for an immediate explanation is toxic and destructive. In its more harmful manifestations, however, it has enabled abuse, and at the extreme edge the male demand that women save them from their own sin can lead to murderous rage. The Christian response, however, requires both confrontation and redemption. Movements or ministries like “True Love Waits” or the “Silver Ring Thing” elevated purity pledges and placed great emphasis on teenage purity. I really do want to understand and accept them. I have yoga pants in my underwear drawer for cold weather. They are not “dirty.” They are white as snow: Come now, let us reason together, says the Lord: Do women pollute men’s hearts with their beauty? All of this was distinctly different from what one might call normal or conventional Christian sexual teaching. As many readers know, I grew up in the Church of Christ, and while my church was more fundamentalist than most, our teaching about sex was mainstream. Unfortunately, I don’t see how you can see it any other way. Purity was such a special virtue that God would reward purity with increased beauty, creating a “Godly countenance.” But that beauty must be concealed. This happened, and I am going to do anything I can to uncover this horror, this evil. Does that mean there was no racial component to the killing? The disconnect with the teachings of the apostles could not be more profound. In the first one, Eric Metaxas is hovering in the background: Watch the next clip. So many had it worse than me. A fellow at the National Review Institute and a staff writer for National Review from 2015 to 2019, French currently serves as senior editor of The Dispatch. And this brings us back to Atlanta. (By conventional Christian reasoning, Joe Biden’s upcoming presidency is also instituted by God.). Thank you. It represented down-the-line Christian orthodoxy, but it was stripped of the bells and whistles of the purity movement. For another thing, his actions provide their own testimony. Women bore a special burden to protect young men from lust and (later) satisfy their husband’s desires. By the late 1990s, the purity movement was spreading like wildfire. David French is a senior editor. The qualification to that is that one must be repentant and acknowledge the sin. And so it’s important to focus on what we do know, on where the evidence is leading us now. Last week Metaxas also interviewed Charlie Kirk, the co-founder of Turning Point USA and a frequent featured speaker in American churches. David French is a senior editor. I have been a non-paying follower of The Dispatch for months now, but I paid up after reading this essay. Yes, they are to be especially guarded against. Our youth group talked about sex a lot (we were teenagers, after all), but there were no rituals. God bless your work and faithfulness to stand firm from pressure from both sides of the aisle. At the very least we can and should mourn with our Asian American brothers and sisters and understand (and share!) I’m going to be as blunt as possible: Language like Metaxas’s, like the Texas GOP’s, and like some of the statements you’ll read below embody a form of fanaticism that can lead to deadly violence. He’s also a columnist for Time. Much, much worse. You would walk down the aisle fundamentally tarnished, having lost something you could never get back. Pray to the Lord for that city, because when it has peace and prosperity, you will have peace and prosperity.” Yet now a Christian movement seeks conflict. People just going to work as janitors, cooks, secretaries, etc, or in my case, a working visit for a four states project including Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. And sometimes, when a man’s heart is particularly dark, it can even cultivate murder. Sin does not define the Christian. Of course, way back then, none of us realized what had happened. I have been a non-paying follower of The Dispatch for months now, but I paid up after reading this essay. This is a much needed and balanced message for our community . When core biblical values are contingent, but support for Donald Trump is not, then idolatry is the result. Senior editor of The Dispatch. Sarah Isgur is a staff writer. The shooter is a Christian young man, baptized in a local Baptist church. And with these revelations, suddenly the Christian part of the internet broke out into a debate about Evangelical purity culture. Flynn, readers may remember, recently called for the president to implement “limited martial law” to hold a new election. But you’re kidding yourself if you don’t also recognize that they’re showcasing the very body parts that a modest woman would be covering. And when the Supreme Court ruled Friday night, the head of the Texas GOP called for a separatist “union of states that will abide by the Constitution.”, When I wrote in my book that American politics were growing so toxic that important political leaders may soon call for division, I did not envision that “soon” would be “now.”. Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Thank you , David. I cannot, of course "accept" the whackadoodles at the Jericho March, but I can put them in perspective, and that's hard enough. Feel the fury. He’s the author of Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore, and the forthcoming Divided We Fall, among others. Listen to the words. I’ll be honest. Thus, modesty rules were strict. 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