tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post1476399263904492831..comments2023-11-03T03:53:55.052-06:00Comments on unfolding: Fifty Shades of CompromiseLeslie @ top of the pagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10003880675646742286noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-36569814869372003582013-01-12T12:14:54.340-07:002013-01-12T12:14:54.340-07:00thank you for sharing such a great response to thi...thank you for sharing such a great response to this new pop culture "it" book. xo*laura*https://www.blogger.com/profile/16187855115748178180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-76499876193320625532012-09-09T15:30:57.530-06:002012-09-09T15:30:57.530-06:00high five! thank you for speaking truth into this ...high five! thank you for speaking truth into this generation even if it's unpopular. we're not called to be popular..we are called to be holy (set apart). Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01240575765252692365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-62322372036039400102012-08-24T17:07:06.167-06:002012-08-24T17:07:06.167-06:00Excellent commentary on a 'secular' trend ...Excellent commentary on a 'secular' trend that is trending right into the church! Thank you for speaking to this so well.<br /><br />sSusan Holt Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05749938089225810268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-53296960465068641422012-08-24T17:05:33.757-06:002012-08-24T17:05:33.757-06:00Great post, just discovered your blog today. I mad...Great post, just discovered your blog today. I made the decided a few years ago not to read filth like that. You know what they say garbage in garbage out. I want everything I read and do to be a reflection of God. Keep up the great work. God bless.. :)Floricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018761768008373254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-23598728630683125292012-08-10T05:51:58.927-06:002012-08-10T05:51:58.927-06:00This truly resonates with me!This truly resonates with me!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01102642927521577817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-21520080378834897472012-07-25T16:02:40.947-06:002012-07-25T16:02:40.947-06:00I needed to read this post; as a woman who's b...I needed to read this post; as a woman who's been tempted to pick up that series, this has been a blessed conviction. Thank you!kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603932749975316654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-85163718881500244552012-06-14T11:58:49.722-06:002012-06-14T11:58:49.722-06:00I won't read it because not only do I have no ...I won't read it because not only do I have no interest in reading "P", I also think morally what she has done as a so called writer is wrong. It's fan fiction, which is essentially ripping off someone else's work, story line, characters, etc and just putting her spin on them. Last I heard that was called plagiarism. So not only is she writing smut, but it's basically stolen content that she put her smut spin on. Plus, from reviews by people I actually trust, it is just horribly written! And of course, we as Christian women shouldn't read it anyhow ;) Just thought I'd give another view point on why women should stay away :)Four Flightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000752220758742399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-20669222365191613422012-06-10T18:46:50.187-06:002012-06-10T18:46:50.187-06:00Thank you for posting such a wonderfully written p...Thank you for posting such a wonderfully written post! I too have been shocked who I see has been reading these & even some of my closest friends have been "sucked-in" and laugh at me when I express how ungodly & immoral I believe such things to be. <br />It was so refreshing to read your post!Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13768202725777532980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-10940994379564316652012-06-08T08:25:14.762-06:002012-06-08T08:25:14.762-06:00What an awesome post! I have heard so much about ...What an awesome post! I have heard so much about this book too but have not had any desire to go down that path either. Kudos to you!!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08648625664143995613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-27051996794674375792012-06-08T08:02:11.243-06:002012-06-08T08:02:11.243-06:00LOVE that you are holding fast to your Christian v...LOVE that you are holding fast to your Christian values. But your last sentence is what stood out to me:<br /><br />"And if you're feeling brave like my friend, in grace and love, hold your sisters in Christ accountable too."<br /><br />Judgement is a very slippery slope. If we call our sisters in Christ out for reading this book, do we also call them out each time they engage in gossip, tell "white lies" to spare someone's feelings, abuse their bodies with sugar, drink too many glasses of wine at a party, and oggling the "hot delivery guy" when they are married? Yikes - when our friends tell us that their husbands watched "Skinemax" or looked at a provocative pictures in a magazine (or heck on the cover of some) do we call those husbands up to "call them out"? Sometimes it is hard to discern that is a "splinter" and what is a "plank". Judgement is its own "grey area".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-53116267818349328752012-06-08T07:42:14.467-06:002012-06-08T07:42:14.467-06:00Thank you for your post on this. I needed this!Thank you for your post on this. I needed this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14511295396099304347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-17063242816225805172012-06-08T07:11:57.405-06:002012-06-08T07:11:57.405-06:00AMEN! {can't have too many of them!!!}AMEN! {can't have too many of them!!!}DaisyGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08321158663250563913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-13508478323296724602012-06-07T19:42:56.201-06:002012-06-07T19:42:56.201-06:00Amen. Praising the Lord for a bold sister in Chris...Amen. Praising the Lord for a bold sister in Christ.The Farmers Nesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707127398623799182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-59714523027180411382012-06-07T18:04:50.982-06:002012-06-07T18:04:50.982-06:00yes yes yes! it breaks my heart to see christian w...yes yes yes! it breaks my heart to see christian women devouring this book and defending it! yuck!Lindsey Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458826834860409249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-11397232184789535192012-06-01T11:28:38.161-06:002012-06-01T11:28:38.161-06:00Amen. Thanks for sharing a warning and supporting ...Amen. Thanks for sharing a warning and supporting scripture.Chelsea @ Love From Huntington Beachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056419515492416275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-85295542462054699942012-05-30T19:44:24.374-06:002012-05-30T19:44:24.374-06:00Very well said and very much needed to be said. Th...Very well said and very much needed to be said. Thank you for being bold.... It's really our reasonable service as believers and may we all follow your lead.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494451145098557161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-58275100065622642262012-05-24T06:26:04.105-06:002012-05-24T06:26:04.105-06:00hey leslie :) this is such a great post. i have to...hey leslie :) this is such a great post. i have to say though that just last night i did pick up this book at b & n and flip through. really why i did it was because i have heard so much buzz about it wanted to see if it was really THAT bad. i feel like as Christians we can sometimes take a stand against something and not even really know the whole picture. but i can say after flipping through just a few pages, i was totally disgusted. from the first time i read that scripture about steering clear of sexual sin because it's a sin against your own body, i've totally understood that. it is. sexual sin is something that wraps itself in your brain. i don't consider myself a prude. i'm not opposed to a margarita by the pool or dropping a swear word here and there, but there is a line...and i would consider myself "prudish" when it comes to books like this. thanks for speaking up. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17444874559602612752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-68221154336943385632012-05-23T13:15:13.893-06:002012-05-23T13:15:13.893-06:00Very well put, amen!
Stopping by from Call me bl...Very well put, amen! <br />Stopping by from Call me blessed :)Kristahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971452292683370931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-36530871112851796772012-05-23T12:03:29.450-06:002012-05-23T12:03:29.450-06:00No compromise. Amen!No compromise. Amen!Coryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589248235097789190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-85120588828454233652012-05-23T11:52:42.720-06:002012-05-23T11:52:42.720-06:00A girl at work sent me electronic copies of the bo...A girl at work sent me electronic copies of the books. I have not even begun to read them because I do not feel right about it. I haven't had a reason to or a need to. When she started telling me what they were and what happens in them, I was actually embarassed.Emily Woodsidenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-26366339462389972002012-05-23T08:00:46.418-06:002012-05-23T08:00:46.418-06:00THANK YOU for posting this! This is a perfect resp...THANK YOU for posting this! This is a perfect response to a book that I have felt pressured to read more than once. <br /><br />As believers we have to encourage women not to read this, and I am so happy to see someone speak truth about this kind of book.<br /><br />xoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078417267642842911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-41173071220941771832012-05-23T00:48:35.480-06:002012-05-23T00:48:35.480-06:00yep!!!
we have to hold each other accountable. whe...yep!!!<br />we have to hold each other accountable. when we see someone falling we need to point them to the King. <br />great post friend.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445855338602891022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-15704962580297652472012-05-23T00:12:36.685-06:002012-05-23T00:12:36.685-06:00I'm an avid book worm, and started the first i...I'm an avid book worm, and started the first in the trilogy before I had heard about it on any social network sites. I got half way through and threw it away. I'm not religious, but I do believe that some things are not fit for any decent person to read, and that was one of them. If someone tells you that reading it will change your life; they're wrong. I don't remember a single thing I read, it was that forgettable. I'm glad to see other people who are against the 50 Shades bandwagon.English Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09310504863761844480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-83568335410045409032012-05-22T23:06:15.717-06:002012-05-22T23:06:15.717-06:00Never even heard of this one, but I'm never re...Never even heard of this one, but I'm never really on trend with books either. Thanks for the warning.<br /><br />The other day I borrowed a book from the library and got about half-way through and began realizing it felt defiling. So I exercised some self control and took it back to the library before I could change my mind. It was freeing. :)Linda Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12738531888976872731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3671303250243641170.post-63656972634044681222012-05-22T22:30:43.711-06:002012-05-22T22:30:43.711-06:00GREAT GREAT POST!!!!! I see so many bloggers who s...GREAT GREAT POST!!!!! I see so many bloggers who say they are Christians reading this book! It will not be read in our house!! <br /><br />p.s. I love that print!! & I'm sharing this post!Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16276852073985764730noreply@blogger.com