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The CT article stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jen Hatmaker posted a 650-word response on her Facebook page Monday, saying she \u201cwrestled with and through Scripture, not around it\u201d before coming to a decision to affirm same-sex relationships, which recently led to LifeWay Christian Resources pulling her books from its stores.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hatmaker has been the topic of Lighthouse Trails articles as she is part of the group of women who head up the women&#8217;s movement called IF: Gathering.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">While LifeWay did the right thing in dropping Hatmaker&#8217;s products, they still do not see the big picture as they keep a tight grasp on numerous problematic authors such as <\/span>Sarah Young<span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> (and her cash-cow<\/span><em style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> Jesus Calling<\/em><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> books and Bibles), Richard Foster, Dallas Willard, Gary Thomas, Ruth Haley Barton, and many more contemplative, emergent authors.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The fact that LifeWay will remove books by someone promoting same-sex marriage but not remove books by authors who promote a mystical, panentheistic interspiritual prayer shows once again that Christian leaders and ministries just don&#8217;t get it. How is it that one is OK and the other is not? After all, they are both going in the same direction, and that is<em> away<\/em> from the Gospel and <em>away<\/em> from God&#8217;s Word. Where are the overseers of LifeWay and the Southern Baptist Convention? 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