Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

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A Day of Reckoning is Coming

Enter the rock and hide in the dust From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty. The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. For the LORD…

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We Cannot Say this Enough – RASNs Believe they have the Right to Dictate What You Think

Tyrants are all about control and power. Dictators in the political realm, for example, demand to control not only what you say, but what you think. You don't have the right to hold an opinion that differs from theirs. If you do and the tyrant finds out, expect a vicious…

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Bunyan’s Insights into The Devil’s Invasion Plans of Eden – The Enemy uses our Naivete against us

NOTE: I originally published this post back in 2022. But we have just begun reading John Bunyan's Holy War in the Sunday morning class and we came across this same quote. It is incredibly important in opening our eyes to how evil takes advantage of our naivete, so here it…

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The Best Analysis and Description of a Narcissist I Have Heard – Hubris

What Drives a Narcissist's Exaggerated Self Importance is a recent post by Dr. C on his Surviving Narcissism youtube channel. This is a must watch video. We should make a handout size card with the outline points of this post on it to hand to the RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath,…

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RASNs Make Promises, Then Attack When we Act on Them

Pro 14:5 A faithful witness will not lie, But a false witness speaks lies. Many years ago, in the first church I pastored, there was a woman who regarded herself as a pillar of the church. She was the pianist. She was the church bookkeeper. She hosted and taught a…

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A Review of What a Reviler is

But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. (1Co 5:11) The "R" in our acronym RASN…

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Why are RASN’s Threatened When we Disagree With Them?

Proverbs 22:24-25 Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, (25) lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. If you have had much contact at all with a RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist), then you have no doubt been…

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Naivete About Evil is Dangerous

“Besides,” Legion said, “if they discover our intentions, they may send to their King for aid. If they do that, I know very well what it will mean for us. For this reason, let us assault them with the false appearance of fairness, covering our true intentions with all manner…

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RASNs are Fools – Here is a Perfect Example

As a follow up to this previous post - RASNs are Stupid, The Lord Says So - I want to give you a perfect example provided by a friend who is an abuse survivor. Her story shows how these kind of toxic people are actually made to be fools by…

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The Things that Weigh Upon You don’t Weigh Upon a RASN

"THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES."(Rom 3:18) As most of you probably already know, one of the most common ways people fall prey to the RASN (reviler, abuser, sociopath, narcissist), is to assume that everyone thinks pretty much just like us. Oh sure, there are those serial…

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