Awakening the Evangelical Church to Domestic Abuse
Another person who attended Jeff Crippen's church has testified1 that he manipulated and controlled people. Here is this person's testimony: I too attended Jeff Crippen’s church for several years. I agree with what Sister has stated. He was a former police officer. I thought this may have been where he learned some techniques to manipulate… Continue reading Another person testifies that Jeff Crippen manipulated and controlled his congregants.
An abuse survivor’s poetic critique of Josh Butler’s "Beautiful Union" The neglect of intimate partner abuse in the advocacy community Is the Great Sex Rescue’s research peer reviewed? Let’s have an in-depth discussion. — This guest post by Andrea Aleksandrova is about how Sheila Wray Gregoire used the Josh Butler controversy to focus attention on… Continue reading Joshua Butler Digest
How to be a bad priest:— Write about sex without triaging the problem of sexual trauma. Use language that will re-traumatise survivors of trauma. Characterise all sexual abuse as “violent acts”. Repeat divorce platitudes that you think are true because they’ve been recycled ad infinitum in Christendom. Utter a smidgeon of apology…with an empathy deficit.
The torture which Jesus suffered on the Cross must NOT be likened to sexual intercourse between man and woman. To draw that analogy will deeply traumatise victims of sexual and domestic abuse. Furthermore, drawing an analogy between the Cross and the marriage bed plays right into the agenda of abusive husbands.
A poetic 'sensitivity review' of Josh Butler's "Beautiful Union: How God's Vision for Sex Points Us to the Good, Unlocks the True, and (sort of) Explains Everything". PS. it's a terrible book. Josh is entranced by flights of fancy, sacred temple conjugal blooms— "the generous sacrifice" by men who orgasms seed hospitable wombs.
Whether the Bible allows divorce and remarriage has been debated for centuries. If you are battling authorities who say that divorce is not allowed and remarriage is always sinful, then you are not alone! Martin Luther fought that battle against the Roman Catholic Church. In his day, the Roman Catholic Church imposed rules (canon law)… Continue reading Martin Luther on divorce and remarriage
A Cry For Justice 