Eph 5:22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. Gal 3:28 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. Patriarchy has great appeal. It appeals to pastors, to many…
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Brent Detwiler is a good man. He has fought the battle fearlessly in exposing the sexual abuse and the coverups of it in the Sovereign Grace, CJ Mahaney circles. We are very thankful for his tireless work. But Brent blew it when he recently made the following comment on facebook.…
Read MoreJon 1:1-2 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, (2) “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up before me.” Jon 3:4-5 Jonah began to go into the city, going a day's journey.…
Read MoreJob 30:26 ESV But when I hoped for good, evil came, and when I waited for light, darkness came. Psalms 52:3-4 ESV You love evil more than good, and lying more than speaking what is right. Selah You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. Couple’s counseling (and I…
Read MoreTit 1:10-11 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. (11) They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach. 1Ti 6:3-5 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and…
Read MoreRecently I addressed in some comments this subject of who a Christian is - and who is not. As you know, we have had the tiring mantra of "we are all sinners" thrown at us as an excuse for abusers and as a club to force us to "show love…
Read MoreMat 16:22-23 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, "Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you." (23) But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. For you are not setting your mind…
Read MoreHeb 3:18-19 And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? (19) So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. You hear this all the time from pastors and professing Christians - God can save anyone. There…
Read MoreAs most of our readers probably know, I always tell abuse victims these two things: Abusers never change, and A marriage to an abuser does not need to be fixed, it needs to be ended. I advise people to base their decisions about whether to leave, whether to stay, and…
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