Unholy Charade - Jeff Crippen

Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church

Tag: patriarchy

Abusers see their Spouse and children as Property Owned

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On June 22, 2020

In Abusers

"You need to fight for her. She is yours" Those words might sound at first like a noble statement of a wonderful husband. They aren't. Read More

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Patriarchy is Easy – For Everyone but the Victim

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On August 2, 2019

In Churches/Church Response

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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Patriarchal Abusive Marriage is a Counterfeit of Marriage — and thus is very Deceiving

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On July 29, 2019

In Biblical Teaching

My husband does not permit me to sin. When I sin, he sends me to my room and tells me to stay there until my attitude is godly again. Those words were spoken by a pastor’s wife to a group of Christian women/wives. Their response?  “Oh, what a model of…

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Abuse and the Wilderness Family Adventure

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On April 5, 2019

In Family/Children

Colossians 2:20-23 ESV If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why, as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations– (21) “Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch” (22) (referring to things that all perish as they are…

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