I recently heard a speaker in a DVD series on domestic abuse say that abuse should not be tolerated "more than one time." This poses a good question. Let’s limit a hypothetical example to physical abuse just for our purposes here. [You all know I trust that domestic abusers do…
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Last week as I was reading through the Gospel account of Christ’s betrayal, arrest, and crucifixion, I was struck with how often this narrative exposes the mentality, nature, and tactics of abuse. This really should not surprise us because abuse is just plain sin. I think that it is in…
Read MoreListen to these far too common words from a pastor to an abused wife who has gone to him for help. The abuse has occurred for decades, habitually, without repentance: From what I have been told, you have suggested that your husband’s looking at inappropriate images on the internet is…
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