Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
forgiveness, suffering, love, marriage vows, salvation, sin, repentance, reconciliation, separation & divorce, remarriage, prayer, Christian maturity, gossip vs. disclosure, submission, husband as head, Scripture, boundaries, justice
I really thought when we were young that my husband became a Christian, and he really seemed to try....even now sometimes I find him reading his Bible, etc. Yet after having been married to him for decades, I’ve seen so much of his pattern of behavior that I no longer doubt that he is narcissistic… Continue reading Can someone be saved, yet remain immature, lazy & eventually lose that salvation and return to their sinful ways?
What is a “reprobate”? Esau was a reprobate. Pharaoh was a reprobate. Eli’s sons, Hophni and Phineas, were reprobates. Scripture tells us that there are indeed people who are beyond God’s mercy, for whom it is in fact too late, for whom repentance is now impossible. Let us consider how they ever got to such a… Continue reading Churches are sinfully honouring reprobates — Eli and his reprobate sons. The unpardonable sin.
