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Podcast: Sheep Get Sheared
Episode: The Tug of Tradition and Truth: Using God as a Guilty Trip
Description: This episode takes a hard look at how some aspects of church culture may inadvertently or deliberately use spiritual beliefs to manipulate men into making life-altering decisions that may not align with their personal or spiritual well-being in today's gynocentric society.We begin by exploring the ways in which the dynamics of marriage within the church have evolved—or, in some cases, failed to evolve—with the changing societal landscape. I discuss the concern that the church, in an effort to uphold traditional values, sometimes resorts to using faith as a lever to press men towards marriage, with...