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Looks like we're going to have some new folks around here. Here's what you can expect:
1) general disapproval of modernity
2) endearing vignettes of bickering w/ my 17yo son about Napoleon
3) love of Appalachia
4) deeply protective of working class
5) probably too ecumenical
I’m getting the sense that a lot of evangelical men have not read Elisabeth Elliot’s work on Christian womanhood and marriage while a lot of evangelical women have and unfortunately, it’s really relevant to the current conversation.
This is part of what previous 🧵 is trying to illuminate. The path to Ecuador was non-traditional for both men & women, but especially so for women. The exact interplay btwn ministry & marriage as a vocational endeavor is relevant insofar as the Elliots story was mainstreamed.
Re: @CTmagazine article about Elisabeth Elliot. Does her sexuality matter? Should it be part of the conversation around her legacy and life’s work?
I think yes but not for the reasons most people talk about.
It’s because of I Cor 7:32-34 and the nature of mission work.
What shaped her understanding of what she was doing in both ministry & mission? Is she typical or does the outlier reveal the truth of a context? And these are really significant questions to entertain if only b/c it will tell us how to read Elliot more faithfully.