Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

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Can You ‘Love’ Your Abuser into Repentance?

If favor is shown to the wicked, he does not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness he deals corruptly and does not see the majesty of the LORD. (Isaiah 26:10) A normal, non-toxic person responds positively to kindness shown to them. They are thankful. They want to show kindness…

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We Must be Humble in Handling God’s Word or we will Cause Great Harm

"It is too great arrogancy for any man or church to think that he or they have so sounded the Word of God to its bottom, as precisely to set down the church's discipline without error in substance or circumstances, and to insist that no one may digress or differ…

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My Answer to an Excellent Question

I decided to make a stand-alone post out of an answer that I gave to this excellent question one commenter submitted: "Is there a difference between 'submit' and 'obey'? If I must obey my husband at all times, then I make him my God, which he is not." Excellent question.…

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The Fallacy of Counseling Without the New Birth

A man of this world, exposed only to worldly influences [devoid of the Spirit] - to influences arising from the present sensory things - from 'all that is in the world, the lust of the eye, the lust of the flesh, and the pride of life, which are of the…

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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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John Bunyan Describes a RASN Perfectly in “The Life and Death of Mr. Badman”

We’ve talked a good deal about his evil ways, but Mr. Badman added this to all his wickedness − he was a very proud man − exceedingly proud and haughty in mind. He had a look that said he must not be contradicted or opposed, because he considered himself to…

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A Wonderful Psalm of Promise

This Psalm (121) is short, but it contains some of the most encouraging and powerful promises to be found in Scripture for Christ's people. Here it is: A Song of Ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come? My help comes from the…

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Christ is Our Only and Certain Hope

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.(Rom 12:12) Many of you have written to me and shared your stories of past and present suffering at the hands of an abuser. I greatly appreciate the privilege of being someone with whom you can share. Often, when I…

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New Interview of Jeff Crippen on Nurses Out Loud

Here is the link to this month's interview by Nurse Michel on the America Out Loud talkshow/podcast, Nurses Out Loud. We originally suggested the title "Abuse in Murder" but the editors decided on a bit different headline. Still the program is indeed about abuse as murder.  Anyway, here is the…

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Do You Have the Right to Self Defense?

I have been given the privilege of writing a weekly column at a website called America Out Loud. It is a conservative media site that is also largely like a radio station broadcasting interviews with people who are experts in current events or as we might call them, the culture…

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