Last Wednesday I wrote a post on how men's and women's church ministries very often promote abuse in the church. In response, Wingingit made a wonderfully accurate comment that really says what I was trying to say, only better. So here is her comment in a stand alone post to…
Read MoreRite (Mack's wife) sent the following good news update this morning. Please continue to pray for Mack and Rite. He still has a long way to go: Dr McCord update: - This morning they checked his labs and Mack’s kidneys are functioning on their own❣️❣️ Dr McCord said it is…
Read MoreI would like to ask all of you to pray for my friends Mack and his wife Rite (pronounced "Reet"). Mack has been an elder in our church here for many years. Both he and Rite were here when I came 27 years ago and they have faithfully stood with…
Read MoreWe have just published another new book, Light for Dark Times: An Arsenal of Truth to Expose Domestic Abuse. It is a compilation of 96 blog posts from Unholy Charade put into book form and you can order it now on Amazon. [I inserted the front cover image here and…
Read MoreGalatians 3:28 ESV There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. I have had a sticky note on my desk to write about this subject for a few weeks now, so I…
Read MoreAs you know, most of the domestic abuse victims we hear from are women. Abusers are most often men. But not always. We have dealt with cases in which the woman was clearly the abuser, and in some ways it is even more difficult for men to understand what is…
Read MorePsalms 21:7-8 For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be moved. Your hand will find out all your enemies; your right hand will find out those who hate you. One of the very common tactics of abusers is…
Read MorePsalms 69:4 ESV More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; mighty are those who would destroy me, those who attack me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore? Psalms 109:2-5 ESV For wicked and deceitful mouths are…
Read MoreScott Allen Johnson wrote the first book that I ever read about abusers (domestic and/or sexual). It opened my eyes to what had been happening to me as a pastor for over 20 years at the hands of power and control seekers, spiritual abusers, all of whom used their wicked…
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