Listen to this quote from Steve Tracy, author of Mending the Soul [Affiliate link]. It is taken from his paper entitled Domestic Violence in the Church and Redemptive Suffering in 1 Peter. Tragically, domestic violence in Christian homes appears to mirror the high rates of the general society. For example, Lee Bowker's survey of 1,000 battered… Continue reading Bride of Christ or Bride of Frankenstein?
Month: March 2012
Does the Bible Teach Meritorious Suffering?
The following illustration has been used to convince abuse victims that the abuse they are suffering is God's determined will for them, and they need to submit to it. Divorce is out of the question — There was a man, who was given a cross to bear through life. As he traveled he noticed that… Continue reading Does the Bible Teach Meritorious Suffering?
