Ryan Soderburg, ex Young Life Director of Wauwatosa, WI- has been arrested on charges of posing as a woman online and supposedly soliciting nude photos of underage boys.
You can click on the following links to read the local media reports surrounding his arrest: here, and here.
I’ll post any updates as I become aware of any additional info on the case.
The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I don’t believe in the power of prayer. The reason why…because of God’s lack of answer to prayer. In all honesty, God really does not answer prayer in the way it’s promised in the Bible. The Bible claims that God cares for you and me and wants to answer our prayers.
Matthew 21:22 plainly states
“If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
But this does not seem to be true. Millions of Christians have believed that God has the power to save and heal, have begged God to do so, and he has not done it. Babies have died, beloved parents and relatives have wasted unto death, while God ignores the prayers of those who have asked him to heal those whom they love.
I know many will object that maybe God had a different idea, or maybe we just didn’t believe enough. But…
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Linked above is a PDF file which contains the Complaint (filed by Jenny), the summons, the Motion for Summary Judgment, and the Judgment of Divorce. Brent’s and Jenny’s addresses have been redacted as have the middle names and birth dates of their four children.
Brent didn’t oppose the divorce. The summons gave him a deadline by which he was to file a response but he failed to do so. The divorce was final on October 31st, 2018.
My guest today is Matthew Taylor. Matthew is the host of the Ask an Atheist Anything podcast and the co-host of the Still Unbelievable podcast. He is the primary editor and contributing author of the book Still Unbelievable. His blog is entitled Confessions of a Young Earth Creationist.
Matthew’s deconversion story includes growing up in the mission fields in Zambia, a young Earth creationist education, the divorce of his parents and dramatic spiritual experiences. Friends began to challenge his rejection of evolution and podcasts began
to give him natural explanations for his spiritual experiences. He began to be disappointed in the apologetic arguments as compared to scientific explanations.
Deconversion was challenging and Matthew took a long time to tell his wife of his loss of faith. Matthew wants to help others through the deconversion process. He recognizes that it is a lonely process and…
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According to various news outlets, Jeffrey Bondi, former Young Life Area Director in VA beach, was found guilty of sexually assaulting an 18 year old babysitter in 2001.
During the trial, it was brought out that Bondi had been investigated as far back as 1997 for being accused of fondling a 15 year old student on a bus coming back from a Young Life camp in North Carolina.
You can read the local reporting on the conclusion of Bondi’s trial below:
http://wric.com/2017/06/16/former-va-beach-youth-pastor-found-guilty-of-object-penetration/
Yet again, another Young Life (former) Area Director has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a student. Jeffrey Bondi, former Virginia Beach Young Life are director, was arrested and denied bond, for alleged sex crimes with a then 18 year old student who attended Mr. Bondi’s youth group.
You can read some of the local press concerning this latest sex scandal involving a Young Life leader at the links below:
http://wtkr.com/2017/02/01/bond-hearing-scheduled-for-former-ministry-leader-accused-of-sex-crime/
http://wtkr.com/2017/01/18/grand-jury-indicts-virginia-beach-man-for-sex-crime/
(Photo source: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/03/indiana-gov-mike-pence-signs-gay-discrimination-bill)
For a long time I’ve wanted to highlight the fact that Young Life is strictly anti-gay. It is YL’s position that being gay is a sin and in direct opposition to God’s will and word. It’s not an uncommon belief for Christians who believe the Bible is the literal word of God.
A couple times in the history of this site, I’ve had YL folks comment that YL is for everyone and that gays are welcome just like anyone else. What I think they really mean, is that you’re welcome to attend club or camp in the hopes that you will see the light, confess Christ and renounce your sinful sexual orientation.
A recent comment at Young Life Watch had this to say:
I was in YL in highschool and decided to quit my senior year because they would not allow a gay man on the trip to…
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The body of a teen who went off a cliff and drowned at Young Life’s Malibu camp has been recovered. It’s reported that the teen was playing volleyball near the cliff when he went for a ball and fell over the cliff, into the waters below.
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