Unholy Charade - Jeff Crippen

Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

Tag: abuser’s language

Abusers Expose Themselves: Some Early Warning Signs to Watch for

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On February 2, 2022

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This post is written mostly from personal experience. It addresses a topic that generally leads me to start talking to myself:  “Jeff, how could you have been so stupid? Why didn’t you realize what that person was a long, long time ago?” You know that kind of self-talk I bet.…

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It Only Takes a Wink or a Glance to Abuse

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On September 20, 2019

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A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; (Proverbs 6:12-14) I have probably written posts about these verses before, but they are on my mind again today and the…

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"She Just Wants to Take Him for all She Can" — Really?

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On July 8, 2019

In Supporting Victims

As we know, abuse victims are regularly and roundly criticized (that’s putting it mildly) for leaving and/or filing for divorce from their abuser. One of the charges made against them is that “she just wants to take him for all she can in divorce court.” And, of course, abusers love…

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The Abuser Provokes His Children to Wrath — Sermon by Ps Jeff Crippen

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On November 25, 2018

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The Abuser Provokes His Children to Wrath Sermon 10 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on September 26, 2010 Sermon Text:  Ephesians 6:4 Ephesians 6:4 ESV Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them…

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