Lynn made the following comment recently in response to our post on "Love Conquering All" and the great harm this falsehood causes. I wanted everyone to be sure and see what she said, so here is her comment: ‘Love’ conquering all in relationships is a Disney fantasy projected into the…
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Reviler is the biblical word for an abuser. Other words are used in Scripture to describe the evil that abusers do, but this title “reviler” gets to the heart of it. You see that little root in the word – “vil” – which reminds us of related terms like “villain,” or “villify” or, hmmm…. “vile.” A reviler is vile. Anyway, what a reviler does is to make the innocent be the villain. And they do this by accusing. Revilers are accusers and that evil is part of the very nature of the devil himself:
Rev 12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God.
Yesterday's post about fear being characteristic of toxic relationships made mention of the evil of matriarchal abuse. I have received numbers of responses to that post besides the comments and I am beginning to realize that mothers as abusers are more common that I knew. I have personally seen and…
Read MoreThis passage of scripture is longer than I usually quote in a post, but it all hangs together as you will see as you read it. Here are these wicked enemies, the head honcho bearing the title of Rabshakeh, coming to Jerusalem to attack it. Godly King Hezekiah reigns in…
Read MoreDeu 27:24 “‘Cursed be anyone who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’ Psa 64:2 Hide me from the secret plots of the wicked, from the throng of evildoers, Mar 4:22 For nothing is hidden except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret…
Read More2Co 11:20 For you bear it if someone makes slaves of you, or devours you, or takes advantage of you, or puts on airs, or strikes you in the face. One of the worst abusers I have ever known, a man who caused all kinds of grief with many attempts…
Read MoreThis very insightful artwork is by Alix Orr. It pictorially summarizes the typical very damaging selfishness and evil that the adult world exercises for the "benefit" of the children. Thank you Alix!!
Read More2 Corinthians 10:10 ESV For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.” The real issue at Corinth was the truth of the gospel and the false gospel wicked "apostles" were introducing. They hated Paul and they hated…
Read MoreAre you weary, are you heavyhearted? Tell it to Jesus, Tell it to Jesus; Are you grieving over joys departed? Tell it to Jesus alone. Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus, He is a friend that's well known; You've no other such a friend or brother, Tell it…
Read MoreGalatians 4:17 ESV They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. This morning I was thinking about how, over the years, wicked people have used me. And the thought struck me that "abuser" is a…
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