Can a critic become a friend?
When my firestorm first erupted, Dr. Amy Peeler wrote a public critique of my work for Christianity Today. So it might surprise you to know we've actually become good friends.
Just a month or so later, Amy went through a painful controversy of her own, one that threatened her calling, her ministry, and her sense of belonging in her church community.
In this bonus episode of Blessed Are the Canceled, Amy, a New Testament scholar and professor at Wheaton College, shares her story, the remarkable parallels between our experiences, and what God has been teaching us through them.
We also explore what it means to be blameless. The New Testament calls Christian leaders to be blameless, but does that mean never being critiqued? Or never making mistakes? How do we distinguish being blameless from being blame-free?
Jesus can turn your critics into friends. And your most painful experiences into a deeper encounter with God's love, not because you're perfect or useful, but because you're beloved.
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Blessed Are the Canceled is a podcast about how being rejected, mocked, and discarded can become a pathway into the presence of God.
Through personal stories, Scripture, and theology, the show explores shame, betrayal, forgiveness, exile, and spiritual formation.
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Find more of Amy's work at: amypeeler.com.
Edited by Ryan Biermann
Theme music by Tents
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