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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2Th 2:9-10 The coming of the lawless one is by the activity of Satan with all power and false signs and wonders, (10) and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. When we consider the attributes of…
Read MoreGalatians 4:16-18 ESV Have I then become your enemy by telling you the truth? (17) They make much of you, but for no good purpose. They want to shut you out, that you may make much of them. (18) It is always good to be made much of for a…
Read MoreDomestic abusers are shamers, and we are very often far too willing to wear that shame. Shame. Shame on you. Shame, shame, shame. What does that word mean anyway? Permit Webster to explain: a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behavior. Humiliation, mortification,…
Read More1Co 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it. This passage of…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreGen 3:1 "Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" The wicked talk "down" to those they are trying to…
Read MoreBow Down — The Abuser's Command Sermon 4 from the series: The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on August 15, 2010 Sermon Text: Esther 3:5 "When we are honest, we come to the humbling realization that in each abuser…
Read MoreMore Weapons in the Enemy's Arsenal Sermon 3 from the series: The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on August 8, 2010 Sermon Text: Daniel 4 Power and control. As we have been proceeding now in our study of the…
Read More1Sa 13:8-12 He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. (9) So Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering. (10) As soon as…
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