My pile of books on forgiveness continues to grow. I am gathering the data to do a biblical study on the subject so that abuse victims can be set free from so much of the nonsense floating around our churches. We really are not clear on forgiveness. Pretty strange. I pick up a book,… Continue reading Comments on Steven Tracy’s Book – Mending the Soul
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Whose Job is it? Taking Responsibility to Act in Behalf of Abuse Victims
It is our job, given to us by Christ, to protect the defenseless. The civil authorities are appointed by Christ to strike fear into the evildoer (Romans 13), but there is another institution appointed by Christ that also bears the responsibility and that is the Church. Us. Christians. If we are to obey Christ then… Continue reading Whose Job is it? Taking Responsibility to Act in Behalf of Abuse Victims
