Decision Time for Boundless?
Captain Sensible writes: It's not often that I use a comment from another blog as the subject of an entire post. But I think this comment from Emily on the Boundless blog warrants it.
She succinctly sums up the quandry that Boundless are in by trying to keep a foot in both the Debbie Maken and Carolyn McCulley camps.
It is just not possible.
As Emily says, "It is one thing to want to include the whole family of God, and it is another to prop-up unsound doctrine."
It appears that the editors of Boundless and Carolyn are friends, and that may be why they are reluctant to take a clear stand, despite their stated aim to "Bring focus to the single years".
But I think they need to ask themselves if their personal friendship is more important than sound doctrine; if it is worth continuing to muddle and confuse their readers for.
Who knows? Maybe they will be more of a friend to Carolyn if they did take a strong stance against the false "gift of singleness" doctine and the "You're single because it is God's will that you are" nonsense. It might even help Carolyn herself get married!
And if you look at it like that, it seems to me that Debbie Maken has actually been more of a true friend to Carolyn than anyone at Boundless...
"I am angry/frustrated with the doublespeak I find on this website (Boundless) regarding the Gift of Singleness. May I suggest the editors exercise some editorial discretion and decide where you are going to come down on this topic? Either you embrace the Debbie Maken camp, and what Candice has written on the subject, or you embrace the Carolyn McCulley camp. They are diametrically opposed. Are you are going to flatter the singles that read your website about “this special gifting” of singleness, or, to quote Alex Chediak, are you going to say “get married young man”? Embracing both views creates confusion, and I for one am not sure where you stand.
It is one thing to want to include the whole family of God, and it is another to prop-up unsound doctrine. As these two points of view are opposed, one of them is false. And as Debbie Maken points out, the Bible and thousands of years of history, are on the side of “get married young man”. "
She succinctly sums up the quandry that Boundless are in by trying to keep a foot in both the Debbie Maken and Carolyn McCulley camps.
It is just not possible.
As Emily says, "It is one thing to want to include the whole family of God, and it is another to prop-up unsound doctrine."
It appears that the editors of Boundless and Carolyn are friends, and that may be why they are reluctant to take a clear stand, despite their stated aim to "Bring focus to the single years".
But I think they need to ask themselves if their personal friendship is more important than sound doctrine; if it is worth continuing to muddle and confuse their readers for.
Who knows? Maybe they will be more of a friend to Carolyn if they did take a strong stance against the false "gift of singleness" doctine and the "You're single because it is God's will that you are" nonsense. It might even help Carolyn herself get married!
And if you look at it like that, it seems to me that Debbie Maken has actually been more of a true friend to Carolyn than anyone at Boundless...
"I am angry/frustrated with the doublespeak I find on this website (Boundless) regarding the Gift of Singleness. May I suggest the editors exercise some editorial discretion and decide where you are going to come down on this topic? Either you embrace the Debbie Maken camp, and what Candice has written on the subject, or you embrace the Carolyn McCulley camp. They are diametrically opposed. Are you are going to flatter the singles that read your website about “this special gifting” of singleness, or, to quote Alex Chediak, are you going to say “get married young man”? Embracing both views creates confusion, and I for one am not sure where you stand.
It is one thing to want to include the whole family of God, and it is another to prop-up unsound doctrine. As these two points of view are opposed, one of them is false. And as Debbie Maken points out, the Bible and thousands of years of history, are on the side of “get married young man”. "
posted by Captain Sensible at 12:27 AM
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