Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

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A Common and Surprising Ally of Abusers – Christians Who Grew up in Church

2 Co 11:13-15 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. (14) And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. (15) So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as servants of righteousness. Their end will…

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Solomon, Two women, and Counseling

Most of you know that counseling married couples together in an abuse situation is a serious error. It just is not to be done. The wicked one will simply lie, wear a mask, and afterwards use the session to further attack his victim. As I was thinking about this recently,…

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A Powerful True Account of How False Teaching on Forgiveness is Dangerous

The following is a comment submitted to us in response to a recent post on forgiveness.  I am posting the comment here as a stand-alone post because of its importance. [We also published it on our other blog at lightfordarktimes.com] Many, many thanks to the courageous lady who wrote and…

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Marriage is not Hard – You Have been Lied to

Gen 2:23-24 Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." (24) Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they…

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The Abusive Man as a Servant of Righteousness — Sermon by Ps Jeff Crippen

The Abusive Man as a Servant of Righteousness - Exposing the Deceptions of Abuse Sermon 9 from the series: The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on September 19, 2010 Sermon Text: 2 Corinthians 11:1-21 In the years leading up to…

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"Speak the Truth in Love" has come to mean "Just Keep Quiet About it"

Eph 4:14-16 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. (15) Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him…

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The Deeds of the Flesh 'Fleshed Out'" — Sermon by Ps Jeff Crippen

The Deeds of the Flesh 'Fleshed Out' Sermon 8 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on September 12, 2010 Sermon Text: Galatians 5:16-21 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the…

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The Abuser Uses Language to Establish Himself on the "High Ground"

Gen 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…

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Abusers Charge their Victims with sin and Threaten God's Wrath Upon them

John 8:48 The Jews answered him, "Are we not right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" The tactics we can expect to be used against us when we confront evil of the kind we focus on here (abusers - entitlement, power, control, justified) include blaming,…

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The Deception of the Abuser — Sermon by Ps. Jeff Crippen

The Deception of the Abuser Sermon 5 from the series:  The Psychology and Methods of Sin A 21 sermon series on domestic violence and abuse First given on August 22, 2010 Sermon Text: Luke 3:1-14 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of…

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