Jonathan Trotter

"This is not God’s plan for marriage. Marriages are not meant to be endured."

But terribly, it’s not what many parents and leaders actually do.

I can’t really imagine Jesus saying, “Don’t lust, but if she’s really attractive to you, and she’s not wearing much, then I totally get it."

You can cover it with a spiritual veneer, you can call it “speaking truth over them,” you can call it a “parental blessing,” you can even call it “stirring them up to greatness.” But from where I sit, and after what I’ve seen, I’ll just call it probably harmful.

"You feel like the American church has sold her soul and is rejoicing about the bargain."

Have you ever felt that your sadness or grief was “wrong and not very spiritual” and you should “be over this by now”?

Many men are awesome, but you are the awesomest. It’s not a competition, but really, if it were, you would be winning.

"The Manipulators used words and phrases that I had heard before. They seemed biblical and very right, but they were not. I had been groomed for this."