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The Most Toxic Women’s Conference Sermon I’ve Ever Heard: The Eagle vs The Ostrich

Season 2 Episode 1

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We’ve been told our whole lives that we need to “soar like eagles.”

But what if that sermon was never about ranking people in the first place?

In this episode, Dan breaks down a popular women’s conference message that turns Job 39 into a spiritual personality test: Are you an ostrich… or an eagle? What sounds inspiring on the surface is actually a perfect example of how the church turns metaphors into measuring sticks — and poetry into hierarchy.

Dan unpacks:

  • Why Job was never about obedience, but protest
  • How Christians weaponize “God said” to end conversations
  • The church’s obsession with spiritual ranking
  • Why feeling grounded or exhausted doesn’t make you inferior
  • How hierarchy thinking fuels both church harm and political silence

If you’ve ever left a sermon feeling “less than,” this episode is for you.

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