Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

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The Lie of Toxic Positivity – A Guest Post

Luk 16:25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. "It's all good and you need to get your negative thinking straightened out!" That is the…

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Be Sure to Read This Comment by Lynn – She has Learned this Wisdom through Hard Experience

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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Tell Me What You Think of These Claims

The following was posted on Twitter by a pastor. A tweet by a pastor:“Jesus healed the centurion’s son and hung out with tax collectors. He ate with prostitutes and comforted widows. He came to save both the oppressed and the oppressor. The reality is they are both trapped in the same system…

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Love Does Not Always Conquer

I was having a conversation recently with two friends and they mentioned that they had been watching the video series Ann of Avonlea. They noted that there was a troubling, common, romantic theme played out in the drama. I may have the exact details wrong, but I believe they said…

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Straining a Gnat to Swallow a Camel – Marriage "Laws" in Most Churches

We all know that the Lord instructs Christians to marry Christians - 1Co 7:39 A wife is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. I do not know any…

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The Power of Love – Really?

Most of you have been told by professing Christians, pastors, Christian counselors, Christian authors and so on that God requires you to love your abuser, to stay in relationship with him, and that by the power of your loving, by you continuing to endure the abuse, you will win your abuser…

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Why is Forgiveness Even Possible?

Mark 2:4-11  And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your…

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This New Book on Domestic Abuse in the Church Looks Good…but…it isn't

1 Thessalonians 4:9 ESV  Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, Hebrews 10:16 ESV  “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I…

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Watch Out for this Leaven – It has Permeated the Visible Church

I received this email from a friend this morning and am very thankful to her for taking the time to write and point out a prevailing false teaching that is soooo commonly pushed in churches. This stuff will guilt and demean and it can sound so "biblical."  The screenshots she…

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Watch Out for the Usual Suspects

I suppose that you get email advertisements from various Christian vendors and organizations like I do.  Here is one that just came announcing a book and a DVD series on the church: That isn't the greatest resolution on the picture so I don't know how well you can read it.…

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