I talk a lot about divorce these days. To do so brands you in most Christian circles as a troublemaker at best and an enemy of Christ at worst. I think that I am neither. Well, I am a troublemaker to the extent that I trouble those who trouble victims of abuse by demanding that… Continue reading Divorce for Abuse Argued from Colossians 2
Author: Jeff Crippen
I am the pastor of Christ Reformation Church in Tillamook, Oregon, arriving here in 1993. I have been a pastor since 1983 and was a police officer for 12 years before that. My wife and I have been married since 1971. Verla is a medical assistant at a local clinic and in our spare time we like to hunt, fish, and ride our motorcycle.
Preserve the Marriage At All Costs?
The following letter, modified in form just slightly for anonymity, is an actual note from a conservative pastor written recently to an abuse victim (a woman) in response to her question about his position on divorce. He knows the details of the many years of abuse that she has endured at her abuser-husband's hands. He… Continue reading Preserve the Marriage At All Costs?
