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Reflecting Christ in conversations about social issues online Prisca Ang
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A recent article on Christian website Thir.st sparked backlash online as it asked girls to consider dressing modestly. “Let’s help our brothers by not dressing in a revealing or provocative way….Avoid it not because we must do it, but because we love each other as brothers and sisters in Christ,” Singapore youth pastor Joanne Chow wrote in the article, which was published in the wake of the Ravi Zacharias scandal and advised Christians on how they can guard against sexual temptation.
I felt indignant when I read the article as it seemed to blame victims of sexual advances. My first response was to craft an Instagram Story to disagree with her words but I decided to sit on it as I wanted to process my thoughts further. During that time, Ps Chow clarified that she did not advocate victim blaming and the article was not meant to address sexual predation but to encourage Christians to help one another avoid sexual temptation. This helped me to better understand where she was
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