I can’t fully express how how powerful this is, to hear Keith speak the truth like this about this abuse of children and women in the church. It seems rare to hear men talk so specifically, directly and clearly about the truth of what is going on with these types of abuses and the theology that supports this kind of thinking. God Bless you Keith!
There is no situation in which a four year-old girl "entices" a man to sexually assault her, and anyone who suggests otherwise does not belong in a position of teaching or leadership.
Truth! Yet I have heard "good" men defend the molestation of little girls by older men because "little girls are very provocative". NO. Little girls are AFFECTIONATE not provocative, as all little children are before they're bullied or frightened out of it. Plus, girls are taught to defer to older people and to smile at older people including men which has led rapists caught abusing a woman justifying his act because "she smiled at me". This must stop.
Thank you for being a much needed voice. We need more men speaking out. When we speak as women, we are labeled rebellious and men haters. May God give you a bigger platform.
Absolutely! When men of good will stand with women and children we walk with Jesus. "Suffer the little children to come unto me..." When men who do evil gain power good men can stop them.
I didn't realize how much I needed to hear these compassionate words from a man until I listened to this. Thank you, Keith for advocating on behalf of the abused.
So brilliantly sad! This whole thing makes me feel so sick! I feel like this is a place the devil has really crept into the church wearing sheep's clothing. As an abuse survivor I want to thank you so much for being a light in a really dark world! Please never give up on what you do and following God's direction! The church desperately needs your voice!
Thank you, Keith! I pray that more and more men will start paying attention to what's going on within our Christian communities and start speaking up and promoting true Biblical leadership - the kind that defends and protects those who need it!
I think we need to also critically assess the Calvinist/Reformed theology which John MacArthur has spread. Because it prizes the theology of God's sovereignty so much, many Calvinists believe evil and abuse is God's will for the victims. Calvinists twist the bible and God's design for humanity so much in order to make it make sense with predestination and God's sovereignty. Maybe Bare Marriage doesn't want to get into docrinal disputes, but I think it is critical to expose how harmful the Calvinist view of God is.
They can ALL BURN in hell! This is the kind of horrific teachings i grew up with. It wasn't untill i was in my 20s and in councelling that i began to learn it wasn't my fault. Making excuses for abusers is all too common in churches. Its so sad
Thank you Kieth . And thank you Katie for clipping this. I had to go through, “am I a wife first, or a mom first” - did I need to put staying in my marriage ahead of the well being of my children? In retrospect this is a ridiculous question. But totally valid when you are in the mind fog of abuse. I see so many asking the same thing, not always in these words. Children always come first. Children come before adult men. Children come before husbands putting their perceived needs before the family. Proverbs 31 :: NIV. do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings. lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
A woman should never have to choose between her marriage and the well being of her children. Some marriages do put children in harm's way and those marriages need to end. It takes many years for an abuser to recover from his own sickness. While he is healing--IF he is healing--children should be kept safe and blaming mothers is just a way of letting abusers off the hook
Thank you Keith. I didn't know that you were a pediatrician. I pray this encourages more men to speak openly about this. Unfortunately, many men in positions of power in the church only listen to other men.
@@starlingswallow We are blessed by the gospel of I Corinthians 15:1-4. It says that our sins were forgiven on the cross, and that we are saved by believing the gospel. We are saved as soon as we believe the gospel and accept Christ as our Lord and Savior.
Hi Keith, I understand that you are passionate on this issue, and as a past sexual victim I am too. I respect you and Sheila very much, and I am a patron of your books. However, I believe you are making some very harmful assumptions on Street that are clouding your understanding. 1.) The lecture in question was regarding overcoming abuse, and the example of was regarding a woman who had accepted that she was abused, and did not let hatred or bitterness take root in her heart. Hatred and bitterness are the sins she examined in her own life as an adult, not her actions as a 4 year old. 2) Nowhere does Street say that she was sinning as a 4 year old, or that her sin caused or factored into her abuse. You assume this on several occasions in the video, but it obviously isn’t true after watching the lecture in question. Again, the sin she battles is the internal sin as an adult of being hateful and bitter. 3)Street never excuses the behavior of the stepfather - he only states a reason behind it. Reasons for a behavior are not an excuse for it. We must understand reasons behind behavior if we are to ever change it. Abuse is never ok or acceptable, but if we care about children we must be able to ask why it occurs. 4)being a victim and mentally acting like a victim are two different things which need to be separated. I was a victim, but I cannot mentally be a victim now because that gives license to blame others for my actions and situation now. I hear your heart for children Keith. I feel it too. But our zeal for this topic cannot have us assume improper motives with what was said. I would love to talk more on this if you think I am wrong- I want to understand more, and would relish the opportunity to connect with you. Please feel free to message me.
I can’t fully express how how powerful this is, to hear Keith speak the truth like this about this abuse of children and women in the church. It seems rare to hear men talk so specifically, directly and clearly about the truth of what is going on with these types of abuses and the theology that supports this kind of thinking. God Bless you Keith!
There is no situation in which a four year-old girl "entices" a man to sexually assault her, and anyone who suggests otherwise does not belong in a position of teaching or leadership.
Truth! Yet I have heard "good" men defend the molestation of little girls by older men because "little girls are very provocative". NO. Little girls are AFFECTIONATE not provocative, as all little children are before they're bullied or frightened out of it. Plus, girls are taught to defer to older people and to smile at older people including men which has led rapists caught abusing a woman justifying his act because "she smiled at me". This must stop.
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Thank you for being a much needed voice. We need more men speaking out. When we speak as women, we are labeled rebellious and men haters. May God give you a bigger platform.
They call us that to shut us down, its so very apparent they look down on us and don't see us as fully made in Gods Image-
This video is so needed.
Absolutely! When men of good will stand with women and children we walk with Jesus. "Suffer the little children to come unto me..." When men who do evil gain power good men can stop them.
I didn't realize how much I needed to hear these compassionate words from a man until I listened to this. Thank you, Keith for advocating on behalf of the abused.
So brilliantly sad! This whole thing makes me feel so sick! I feel like this is a place the devil has really crept into the church wearing sheep's clothing. As an abuse survivor I want to thank you so much for being a light in a really dark world! Please never give up on what you do and following God's direction! The church desperately needs your voice!
Have we learned nothing from the experience of our Catholic brethern? Thank you so much Keith for speaking truth to power!
Thank you, Keith! I pray that more and more men will start paying attention to what's going on within our Christian communities and start speaking up and promoting true Biblical leadership - the kind that defends and protects those who need it!
I think we need to also critically assess the Calvinist/Reformed theology which John MacArthur has spread. Because it prizes the theology of God's sovereignty so much, many Calvinists believe evil and abuse is God's will for the victims. Calvinists twist the bible and God's design for humanity so much in order to make it make sense with predestination and God's sovereignty. Maybe Bare Marriage doesn't want to get into docrinal disputes, but I think it is critical to expose how harmful the Calvinist view of God is.
They can ALL BURN in hell! This is the kind of horrific teachings i grew up with. It wasn't untill i was in my 20s and in councelling that i began to learn it wasn't my fault. Making excuses for abusers is all too common in churches. Its so sad
Thank you for your service! It is long past time for us Jesus-followers to engage this "spiritual wickedness in high places."
Thank you Kieth . And thank you Katie for clipping this.
I had to go through, “am I a wife first, or a mom first” - did I need to put staying in my marriage ahead of the well being of my children? In retrospect this is a ridiculous question. But totally valid when you are in the mind fog of abuse.
I see so many asking the same thing, not always in these words.
Children always come first. Children come before adult men. Children come before husbands putting their perceived needs before the family.
Proverbs 31 :: NIV. do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings. lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more.
A woman should never have to choose between her marriage and the well being of her children. Some marriages do put children in harm's way and those marriages need to end. It takes many years for an abuser to recover from his own sickness. While he is healing--IF he is healing--children should be kept safe and blaming mothers is just a way of letting abusers off the hook
Thank you Keith. I didn't know that you were a pediatrician. I pray this encourages more men to speak openly about this. Unfortunately, many men in positions of power in the church only listen to other men.
He is a man sir.
EXCELLENT VIDEO
Very good insight
Hey! Fancy meeting you here! This is a great take on a horrific topic - wonder how u know who would react ?
Thank you sir.
You really think Jay Adams would've said a child is at fault for its own sexual abuse? Can you substantiate this please?
He actually did. Here's where I fixed one quote: instagram.com/p/CcMEM2BpEy9/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Here's another: instagram.com/p/CcT2ukdpaMe/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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Are denominations biblical? Are they of God?
I've wondered the same thing. I think the only denomination should be Believers of Jesus Christ and readers of Gods Word ♥️
@@starlingswallow We are blessed by the gospel of I Corinthians 15:1-4. It says that our sins were forgiven on the cross, and that we are saved by believing the gospel. We are saved as soon as we believe the gospel and accept Christ as our Lord and Savior.
Yep that’s about it
The problem is they SAY they are. But actions speak louder than words.
You are right, I found the video, and it was shocking to hear those conclusions - th-cam.com/video/8g1IucU4r-g/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for linking!
Hi Keith, I understand that you are passionate on this issue, and as a past sexual victim I am too. I respect you and Sheila very much, and I am a patron of your books. However, I believe you are making some very harmful assumptions on Street that are clouding your understanding.
1.) The lecture in question was regarding overcoming abuse, and the example of was regarding a woman who had accepted that she was abused, and did not let hatred or bitterness take root in her heart. Hatred and bitterness are the sins she examined in her own life as an adult, not her actions as a 4 year old.
2) Nowhere does Street say that she was sinning as a 4 year old, or that her sin caused or factored into her abuse. You assume this on several occasions in the video, but it obviously isn’t true after watching the lecture in question. Again, the sin she battles is the internal sin as an adult of being hateful and bitter.
3)Street never excuses the behavior of the stepfather - he only states a reason behind it. Reasons for a behavior are not an excuse for it. We must understand reasons behind behavior if we are to ever change it. Abuse is never ok or acceptable, but if we care about children we must be able to ask why it occurs.
4)being a victim and mentally acting like a victim are two different things which need to be separated. I was a victim, but I cannot mentally be a victim now because that gives license to blame others for my actions and situation now.
I hear your heart for children Keith. I feel it too. But our zeal for this topic cannot have us assume improper motives with what was said. I would love to talk more on this if you think I am wrong- I want to understand more, and would relish the opportunity to connect with you. Please feel free to message me.