In his book, Unholy Charade: Unmasking the Domestic Abuser in the Church [Affiliate link], Pastor Crippen describes each phase of the cycle of abuse. Understanding each phase and how they work in sequence may help victims be able to avoid or lessen the confusion that abusers want to create. The buy-back Some people call this the… Continue reading Thursday Thought — The Cycle of Abuse
How the Threat of God’s Wrath is Used to Silence Abuse Victims
In following the story of Marie Notcheva over at The Wartburg Watch, I read the following comment by a "friend" of Marie's on Facebook. I decided to highlight this comment here in a post because THIS tactic of threatening God's wrath for exposing evil in a church is really rather common. Here is what this… Continue reading How the Threat of God’s Wrath is Used to Silence Abuse Victims
