Month: August 2024

“A real fatty” “Tub-o-lard” “Fatso” “Gross” “Toxic” “Know-it-all” “Stupid” “What’s wrong with you?” “God has punished her enough” At various times in my life, each of these has been said about me or to me. Whoever said, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me,” was delusional. Long after physical…

Last week I began writing about 1 Corinthians 5:9-13: I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people—not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. But now I am writing…