Unholy Charade - Jeff Crippen

Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

More Thoughts on Getting Free from Victimhood

I want this blog to be a safe place for victims of abuse. A place where they will be believed. A place to tell their stories. To learn about the nature and tactics of evil so they can better understand what has been happening to them and get free. But…

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Words of Wisdom About Abuse

My friend Joenne posted this on her facebook page and I asked her if I could post it here. This is truth here. Thank you Joenne! October is Domestic Abuse Awareness month, so just a little food for thought. I am not angry, bitter or unforgiving toward anyone, God has…

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Changes to the Blog’s platform

The blog has recently moved to a new platform. Please be patient with us as we adjust to the new changes. There are some pros and cons to the new platform.  PROS Site speed is significantly faster, which among other things means accessing the site on very slow 3g internet…

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Why Couple’s Counseling is a Disaster and a Setup

Anything you say can and will be used against you. Mat 26:59-61 Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death, (60) but they found none, though many false witnesses came forward. At last two came forward (61)…

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Christ Can Heal Us

Luk 8:1-3 Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him, (2) and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had…

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The Comforter

Joh 14:16-18 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, (17) even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be…

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Right Back at Ya! The Abuser’s Tactic of Reflective Blaming

Recently I had a refresher course in abuser tactics. Not in a classroom, but in real life. I need these reminders to help me continue to learn how to put into practice what I have learned about abuse. Necessary, because we all so easily revert to our old errors we…

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We Have a Choice: Follow Christ or Become Cruella Deville

I don't know how many of you have watched the new Disney movie, Cruella. We have seen it twice now and it really provoked my thinking. Cruella was treated very wickedly as a child. Her name was Estella. There is a pivotal scene in the movie where Estella decides to…

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Moving Beyond Victimhood

Rom 8:31-39 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (32) He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (33) Who…

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One Bad Apple…

Ecc 9:18 Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. Our friend Lynn sent me the following words along with a great picture of two pears hanging from a tree, touching each other. I didn't put the picture here because I wasn't sure about the…

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